Lot 481: Anne Saïd, British 1914-1995- Still life, fruit and skull; graphite, signed and dated 55, 25x37cm, (

Anne Saïd, British 1914-1995- Still life, fruit and skull; graphite, signed and dated 55, 25x37cm, (may be subject to Droit de Suite) Note: Painter and draughtsman. Born 19 August 1914 at Hook, Hampshire. Educated at Queen's College, London, 1925-30. Studied spasmodically with Ozenfant in Paris c. 1938-9 while designing textiles to pay for her art training. Worked in Egypt from 1941 to 1955, and taught there in conjunction with her husband Hamed Saïd, forming a group of students whose work was exhibited in Cairo in 1948 and 1955. First solo exhibition at the Beaux Arts Gallery 1957. Provenance: from the St Gabriel's College Collection, London