Felix Kelly
11 Montpellier Street, 1965
Oil on board
70 x 54 cm.; 27½ x 21¼ in.
Signed and dated lower right: 'FELIX KELLY 65'; further signed, dated, dedicated and inscribed on the reverse: 'for Miss Monro./11 Montpelier St/London. SW.7/Felix Kelly. 1965'
WB3614
Copyright The Artist
The present lot is dedicated to Jean Monro, a renowned interior designer who had a studio on Montpelier Street, Knightsbridge. The designer is celebrated for designing chintzes based on nineteenth...
The present lot is dedicated to Jean Monro, a renowned interior designer who had a studio on Montpelier Street, Knightsbridge. The designer is celebrated for designing chintzes based on nineteenth century fabric documents. In her autobiography Jean Monro describes how much she admires Kelly, stating 'he very kindly painted 11 Montpelier Street when we were under threat of being pulled down in the 1960s. The picture is in my sitting room in London today'. (J. Monro, 11 Montpelier Street: Memoirs of an Interior Decorator, London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1988, p. 97)
Provenance
Jean MonroePrivate Collection
Literature
J. Monro, 11 Montpelier Street: Memoirs of an Interior Decorator, London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1988, p. 97Join our mailing list
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