£5,000 - £8,000
ARR Anna Zinkeisen (1901-1976) Portrait of Helene Babbett-Philp, shown full length seated, looking to dexter, wearing a white dress with draped white material over her left shoulder, and wearing a collar necklace, signed lower left, oil on canvas, 127 x 102 cm, frame 150 x 120 cm, sold together with the necklace (2) Notes: Helene Babbett-Philp was the cousin of Anna Zinkeisen. Zinkeisen was a Scottish painter, she and her sister Doris were popular society artists having won scholarshiops to study at the Royal Academy Schools and often worked together on murals including for the passenger liners RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth. Anna chose to specialise in portraiture and murals and was particularly known for her society portraits, capturing the elegance and poise of her subjects. Provenance: Gifted by the artist to the sitter who was related to the artist, thence by descent.
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