Kathleen Hale | Orlando and Grace with Kittens at the Opera

Kathleen Hale

Orlando and Grace with Kittens at the Opera

605 x 500mm., oil on canvas, signed "K. Hale" in lower left hand corner, framed

This large oil painting show's Orlando's family seated in a box at the opera. Orlando is sitting cross-legged and is wearing a shirt-front and bow-tie. He is smoking a fish-shaped cigar. Grace is suitably attired, complete with a huge fan of feathers. The kittens, Tinkle, Blanche, and Pansy are in various states of distress.

PROVENANCE:

Sold Sotheby's London, 13 December 2007, lot 266; Chris Beetles Gallery