Maud Frances Eyston Sumner (South African, 1902-1985), 'Swiss Lakes'
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Maud Frances Eyston Sumner (South African, 1902-1985)
'Swiss Lakes'
signed 'Sumner' (lower right)
oil on canvas
81 x 65cm (31 7/8 x 25 9/16in).
Sold for £9,375 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • A very similar work, Comet in the stratosphere, 1947, is illustrated in Eglington (1967, plate 38), which he describes as a "landmark" painting in the artist's oeuvre, "the first of the abstract paintings" (Ibid, p.37).

    BIBLIOGRAPHY:
    C. Eglington, Maud Sumner, (Cape Town, 1967)

Category: Fine Art / South African Art

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