Live Auction 21050Churchill to Eden: The Collection of the Earl and Countess of Avon
ALICE ACHESON (AMERICAN, 1895-1996)
Lot 163

ALICE ACHESON (AMERICAN, 1895-1996)

Two views of the Villa Nova, Barbados

Closed21 October 2022

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GBP 1,000–1,500

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ALICE ACHESON (AMERICAN, 1895-1996)
Two views of the Villa Nova, Barbados
both signed 'Alice Acheson' (lower right)
i) pen on paper
ii) watercolour on paper
i) 8 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. (30 x 28.6 cm.)
ii) 13 3/4 x 19 1/4 in. (35 x 48.9 cm.)
(2)

A gift from the artist to The Earl and Countess of Avon.

Specialist note

Alice Acheson was an American painter and illustrator. Born to an artistic family, her grandfather was the celebrated artist John Mix Stanley, she married the statesman Dean Acheson in 1917. Dean Acheson served as 51st US Secretary of State under Harry S. Truman and became a lifetime friend of Anthony and Clarissa Eden, often staying with them in Barbados, at Villa Nova, the villa they purchased in 1965.