FALL FINE SOUTHERN ESTATES
Lot 158:
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Large Limited Edition Basil Ede (1931-2016)Tundra (Whistling) Swan Lithograph Signed in pencil and numbered by the artist #79/750. With a pencil sketch of a swan bottom border. Professionally framed in designer frame with linen liner and gilt molding. In frame 56" wide 1.75" deep and 45" high. Weight 26 lbs. Basil Ede was an English wildlife artist specialising in avian portraiture, noted for the ornithological precision of his paintings. By the l1950s Ede was beginning to hold solo exhibitions in London, including two at The Tryon Gallery. His work reached a wide international audience in 1964 when he was awarded the first ever solo exhibition of a living artist at the Smithsonian, Washington DC (then the National Collection of Fine Arts). He was a founding member of the Society of Wildlife Artists and an honorary trustee of Ducks Unlimited. He was also a lifetime member and supporter of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. In 1992, Ede was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition in Charleston, South Carolina.
Condition: excellent
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