Eva Aldbrook 1925-2020
Portrait of Rosemary Friedman, 1987
oil on canvas
75.3 x 62.4 cm
signed (verso, upper edge): monogram '(595) Rosemary Friedman - Eva Aldbrook'
1987-4
© Eva Aldbrook estate
Photo: Ben Uri Gallery and Museum
A portrait of the prolific writer Rosemary Friedman with her trademark mane of hair and round glasses. The artist's observation of her sitter wearing smart clothes amid an elegant setting,...
A portrait of the prolific writer Rosemary Friedman with her trademark mane of hair and round glasses. The artist's observation of her sitter wearing smart clothes amid an elegant setting, conveyed in a palette of warm, complimentary russet tones, draws on her former career as a fashion illustrator.
Provenance
presented by the artist 1987Literature
Walter Schwabe and Julia Weiner, eds., Jewish Artists: the Ben Uri Collection - Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture (London: Ben Uri Art Society in association with Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1994), p. 18.Be the first to know – Sign Up
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