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Little Edie - Grey Gardens

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$1,350.00 AUD

Listing Type:   Painting (Artwork)

Listing Category:  Pop Art

Medium:  Mixed Media

Main Surface Material:  Canvas

Size Category:   Medium (31cm - 90cm)

Framed?  Yes

Ready to Hang?   Yes

Signed/Certificate of Authenticity?

Signed on rear with a COA

Height (in cm):  60.0

Width (in cm):  60.0

Depth (in cm):   3.6

Little Edie - Grey Gardens by Josephine Duval

Original painting - Mixed media on canvas.

Inspired by the haunting elegance of Edith “Little Edie” Beale and the faded grandeur of Grey Gardens, this painting explores isolation, performance, and resilience. The figure emerges softly from layers of colour and memory, wrapped in patterned collage reminiscent of Little Edie’s improvised costumes — part armour, part self-expression.

Artwork 60cm wide x 60cm high x 3cm depth

Framed 61cm wide x 61cm high x 3.6cm depth

Artwork is sealed for life long protection.

The richly textured background echoes the decaying beauty of Grey Gardens itself: overgrown, theatrical, and alive with fragments of the past. Warm reds and rusted tones suggest both glamour and deterioration, while the pale blue face carries a quiet stillness, suspended somewhere between vulnerability and defiance.
 
Like Little Edie, the figure exists in her own world — eccentric, romantic, and deeply human. The work is less a portrait than an emotional impression, capturing the tension between faded aristocracy and personal freedom, loneliness and creativity. Beneath the surface patterns and layered marks is a meditation on identity: how we construct ourselves when the world is watching, and when it is not.

IN SITU PHOTOS  ‘In situ’ photos have been included to help with visualisation of the artwork in your home. Please read the dimensions of the artwork to ensure it fits your space perfectly. Purchase of this artwork does not include reproduction rights. Artwork cannot be copied or used without the artist’s prior permission.

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