Up for sale from a well known collector in Honolulu this 1950 Hawaii koa wood framed ink drawing that is untitled, depicting a Hawaiian woman head that is signed and dated by the well known artist Madge Tennent (1889-1972). The condition is described above for more details please check the photos.
Measurements
Artwork by Sight: 11 inches x 8.25 inches
Frame: 18 inches x 15 inches
More about the artist:
Madge Tennent, born Madeline Cook in Dulwich, England, moved with her family to Cape Town, South Africa when she was five. At the age of twelve, she entered an art school in Cape Town, and the following year her parents, who recognized and encouraged her talent, moved to Paris to enable Madeline to study there. In Paris, she studied figure drawing under William Bouguereau, an experience that laid the technical foundation for her later figural drawings and paintings. She and her family subsequently returned to South Africa, and after her marriage in 1915 to Hugh Cowp
Condition:
The drawing is overall in fair pre-owned condition, some staining visible on the upper edge and left edge, not inspected out of the frame, nice Koa wood frame, signed
