Lot 724: Margaret Milnes, Outside St. Marks, Venice, Watercolor, 1962 28x29cm

A watercolor and gouache painting on paper by Margaret Milnes, dated 1962. The work depicts a street scene outside St. Marks Basilica in Venice, executed in a mid-century expressive style with loose, gestural ink linework and atmospheric washes of earth tones, blue, and white bodycolour highlights. The composition features a group of figures and children in the foreground amongst pigeons, set against the architectural facade of the cathedral. The artist has signed the work in black ink to the lower right corner, reading Margaret Milnes. The piece is presented in a glazed wooden frame with a cream-coloured mount. A typed paper adhesive label is fixed to the verso of the backing board which reads Margaret Milnes / Outside St. Marks, / Venice. 1962.