Lot 4: Olga Davenport (1915-2008)

Olga Davenport (1915-2008)
Harbour
oil on board
12½ x 24 1/8 in. (31.7 x 61.2 cm.)
Painted in 1956.

London, Chenil Galleries, Womens International Art Club Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, February - March 1956, no. 94.
London, RBA Galleries, London Group Annual Exhibition, April - May 1956, no. 119.
London, Leicester Galleries, 25th Annual Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture by Artists of Fame and Promise, July - August 1957, no. 106.
London, Piccadilly Gallery, Olga Davenport, April - May 1969.

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Patrick Heron writes,'Dear Olga: That's a very good show. Congratulations on it ... I like very much a big one facing the window & also with two cows in. Also the dark blue one with a harbour & lighthouse'(the present work, letter from Patrick Heron to Olga Davenport, hand-written on Eagle's Nest headed paper and dated 11 May 1969).