Live Auction 21050Churchill to Eden: The Collection of the Earl and Countess of Avon
MICHEL ROUSSEAU (FRENCH, B. 1927)
Lot 164

MICHEL ROUSSEAU (FRENCH, B. 1927)

Six views of Fyfield Manor, Wiltshire

Closed21 October 2022

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GBP 1,000–1,500

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MICHEL ROUSSEAU (FRENCH, B. 1927)
Six views of Fyfield Manor, Wiltshire
all signed and dated 'M. Rousseau 62', one inscribed 'a Lady Avon' and the view of the main facade inscribed 'a Lord and Lady Avon...'
pen and ink on paper
Five: 14 x 10 1/2 in. (35.5 x 26.6 cm.)
?One: 10 1/2 x 14 in. (26.6 x 35.5 cm.)
(6)

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

Specialist note

Fyfield Manor, a magnificent Tudor house with later additions, was acquired by Lord and Lady Avon in 1959 and where they lived until 1969. It was from this house that Eden wrote his three volumes of memoirs between 1960-65.