Beschreibung:

Lees (Edith, 1890-1984). Landscape with cattle watering, oil on board, depicting a summer landscape with cattle standing beside trees in a shallow river, 24 x 32 cm (9.5 x 12.5 ins), together with two other similarly sized landscapes by Edith Lees, oil on board, both Continental views with mountains, trees, and buildings, each signed lower left (Qty: 3) Edith Harriet Price married fellow-artist Derwent Lees (1884-1931) in 1913. Edith, also know as Lyndra, was a popular artists' model, notably for Augustus John who drew a nude portrait of her in 1910 and produced numerous other studies of her. She was of course one of her husband's favourite subjects also.