Marjorie Cox 1915-2003 Pastel Portrait Spaniel

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We are delighted to offer for auction this hugely appealing pastel by the artist MARJORIE COX, who has signed the pastel in the lower left hand corner, dated it 1981 and entitled it 'Teal'. The painting depicts a black cocker spaniel with a white throat.

MARJORIE COX, was born in 1915 and left school in her mid teens. She enrolled at Miss Beatrice Flower's Art School and also attended Heatherley's Art School in London. She sold her first picture while still at school. She is one of the most prolific artists to have worked in this country and is a celebrated animal portraitist, particularly of canine subjects, in her own inimitable style.

She was an old school artist and moved around the country with little but her sketch pad and a couple of boxes of pastels. She did not drive and, therefore, waited until she had a quantity of commissions in a certain area, travelled to a central location in that area and was transported from one client to another by her clients themselves. In the 1930's she also worked for Raphael Tuck, the greetings cards manufacturer.

Her patrons included Lady Southwell, Lady Tavistock, Peter Dimmock, Phil Drabble and Nancy Fenwick, who looked after the Queen's dogs. She painted seven of the Queen's dogs for Mrs. Fenwick, corgis, dachschunds and a 'dorgi'.

Auction prices achieved for the work of Marjorie Cox and examples of her work may be found at artprice (164 listings), artnet (16 listings), and findartinfo (67). The highest price at auction for one of her dog studies was £1,100 of two Pekinese at Christie's in London in 1999.

Her work is always clearly signed, dated and inscribed, usually with the pet name of the subject, as indeed is this one, although she sometimes used the pedigree name. She sadly died in 2003.

The pastel has been expensively mounted with washlines and behind non-reflective glass. It is framed in a 7/8" gilt frame. It is ready to hang.

Medium Pastels on paper

PriceSOLD DimensionsImage size 17 3/8" x 12 1/8" 44.2cm x 30.75cm Frame size 27 5/8" x 22 3/8" 70.15cm x 56.8cm Date 1981 1980s Antiques Material Paper Origin English Artist Marjorie Cox Condition Excellent condition. Item code as237a400 Status Sold

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