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Country Folk in Winter Shelter
Cecile Osmond Smith
approx. exposed area of image inside frame
13in h x 15in w
lithograph on paper
£270 framed
Item number 458
Owls watch women preparing food while a shepherd rests on his crook and a man brings logs to their snow covered shelter Lithograph printed in 3 colours on paper. The one dimensional nature of the image with a cut away section of the building is an interesting artistic tool, suggesting perhaps a secret glimpse of the life of the poor. Part of a suite of lithographs produced entitled "The seasons".
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| About the artist
Born: 1920
Died: 2006
Cecile Osmond Smith was typical of the pre war generation of female artists. Assured and confident with an innate natural ability to capture a moment on paper. She was born in 1917 and studied at the Brighton College of Art from where she went on to teach art at various establishments. She was a member of the Oxford art society and the Oxford Printmakers Co-operative.
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| Product type |
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print - final |
| Date of work |
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1940 |
| How we know the date |
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our estimate |
| The last owner of the work |
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acquired from the the artist |
| How we know who the artist is |
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signed |
| How we know the subject |
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| School of painting |
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Modern British |
| Style of painting |
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Representational |
| Approach |
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interior figurative representative |
| Dimensions (h x w x d) inches |
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13 x 15 |
| Condition of work |
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very good |
| Recent restoration |
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No known restoration |
| Where exhibited |
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believed never exhibited |
| Quantity available |
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1 |
| Edition of |
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1 |
| Item number |
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458 |
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below are the keywords we have used. 
print - final, lithograph, paper, Country Folk in Winter Shelter, Owls watch women preparing food while a shepherd rests on his crook and a man brings logs to their snow covered shelter, Lithograph printed in 3 colours on paper. The one dimensional nature of the image with a cut away section of the building is an interesting artistic tool, suggesting perhaps a secret glimpse of the life of the poor., Part of a suite of lithographs produced entitled "The seasons"., 00.00.1940, Modern British, Representational, interior, figurative, bird, representative, winter, family, poor farmers house, owl trees, house, owl, yellow, blue |
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