Lot 2012
Mary Anne Keel Jenkins (NC, 1930-2017), Beer with Head
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Stretcher size 34 1/4 x 43 1/2 in.; Frame dimensions 35 x 44 1/2 in.
Private Collection, Raleigh, North Carolina
Gallery C, Raleigh, North Carolina
From the Collection of Mr. Jonathan P. Alcott, Raleigh, North Carolina
Important Spring Auction, Leland Little Auctions, North Carolina, 2018, Lot 135
Mary Anne Keel Jenkins was born in Stokes, NC in 1929 and moved with her family to Greenville in 1932. After a year at East Carolina University, she left to study at the Ferree School of Art in Raleigh (closed in 1954) where she earned a diploma in Fine Art. 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 exhibited in numerous shows throughout her prolific five decade career. The Greenville Museum of Art showcased a retrospective of her work in 1999-2000.
Exhibited:
Scent of the Pine, You Know How I Feel: North Carolina Art from the Jonathan P. Alcott Collection, Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Farmville, Virginia, June 20 - October 18, 2014 (illustrated in the accompanying catalogue). This exhibition traveled to the North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh, NC, September 10 - December 4, 2016.
Good estate condition.
