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FELIX KELLY

New Zealand, 1916-1994

"Beginning of the Restoration (Caprice)", 1969

oil on masonite
signed and dated lower right "Felix Kelly 69", titled on the reverse
22 x 28 inches (55.9 x 71.1 cm.), Frame: 29 1/2 x 35 3/4 in. (74.9 x 90.8 cm.)

  • Provenance: Private Collection, New York
  • Notes: This is probably a scene on Caprice Island off the coast of Biloxi, Mississippi. In the 1920s, three Biloxi entrepreneurs bought Dog Key Island and renamed it Caprice Island and opened it as a luxury resort in 1926. Although it opened during prohibition, drinking was legal because it was so far offshore. By 1932, the island was completely submerged due to seasonal storms and a hurricane that split the island in two. Experts say it resurfaces about every 100 years and it is rumored that some property owners still pay taxes on the island which is presently covered with about 4 feet of water.

    Tags: oil painting, listed artist, surrealist, surrealism, Mississippi, southern, historical architecture
  • Condition: in overall very good condition, frame abrasion apparent upper and right edges, recommend cleaning, painting is under glass

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