Mary Anne Keel Jenkins (NC, 1930-2017), Untitled #87

Mixed-media collage, with elements of marbled paper, pearled beads, and colored pencil on paper, 1980, signed at and dated at lower right, retaining label to upper frame edge, mounted in a wood frame below glass.

Sheet sight 25 5/8 x 40; Frame dimensions 31x 45.

From the Collection of Duke Hospital, Sold to Benefit Duke Arts and Health

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.

Good estate condition, barely visible spotting to backing.