Molly D`Arcy Thompson.( 1908-2010 ) Hand Signed Lithograph. Two Cocks in a Garden.

Superior quality stone lithograph in four colours  by this professional listed artist.  Hand signed and dated 1960 bottom right and with handwritten signature bottom left.

Excellent composition and pleasing Matisse influenced decorative style  in the garden details and the feathery chickens.

This lithograph is in the art collection of the University of Cape Town.

Excellent condition, attached loose to mount, not stuck down or cut down. Solid wooden frame in very good condition. Double green and white mount with gilt inner borders also in excellent condition. Professionally and properly framed.

Lithograph is 44 x 31 cm and frame is 76 cm x 61 cm. 

Can be sent in or out of frame. Because of the large size courier fee for Postnet to Postnet or The Courier Guy to major centres is R199.

Or can be sent out of the frame for just R99.

Or you can pick up for free.

Molly D'Arcy Thompson was born in Scotland in 1908 and resided in South Africa from 1951.

She studied art under Andre Lhote in Paris, Sir William Gillies in Edinburgh and under Bernard Meninsky at the Central School of Art in London, where she gained a diploma.

From 1952 to 1963 she taught art at the Silver Star Club, Salt River, Cape Town, and also taught art privately. She had seven solo exhibitions and participated in many group exhibitions.

She wrote and illustrated books like Call the Wind and Forgotten Corners of the Cape. 

( From The Dictionary of South African Painters and Sculptors by Grania Ogilvie ).