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Lot 421
Mary Anne Keel Jenkins (NC, 1929-2017), Untitled
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil on canvas, signed and dated 1963 at lower right, framed.

Frame dimensions 33 x 28 3/4 in.

From the Estate of the late Bob Yoder, Raleigh, North Carolina

Mary Anne Keel Jenkins was born in Stokes, NC, in 1929. She moved with her family to Greenville in 1932. After a year at ECU (1948-1949) she left to study at the Ferree School of Art (closed in 1954) in Raleigh where she earned the Diploma in Fine Art in 1953. After graduation she found employment at the Raleigh Times as display advertising account executive. After her marriage in 1954, she was determined to develop a career as an artist. She succeeded and has exhibited in numerous shows throughout her prolific five decade career. The Greenville Museum of Art showcased a retrospective of her work in 1999-2000.

Stable craquelure.