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131 271 Dorothy Moss KAY SOUTH AFRICAN 1886–1964 The Card Players signed D Elvery oil on canvas 69 by 89cm R80 000 – 120 000 Elvery was Dorothy Kay’s maiden name LITERATURE Marjorie Reynolds, Everything You Do Is a Portrait of Yourself, Dorothy Kay, a Biography, Alec Reynolds, Rosebank, 1989, page 13. This work was executed while the artist lived in Ireland, prior to coming to South Africa, and was one of three canvases brought with her to South Africa from Ireland. “A third work is The Card Players of two figures in candle-light seated at a table on which playing-cards are laid. Under a photograph of it in Dorothy’s scrapbook is written “Painted in Rothbury – Marjorie sat for both figures – about 1907”. In Dorothy’s manuscript this painting was selected for reproduction. It is signed D Elvery.” 272 Dorothy Moss KAY SOUTH AFRICAN 1886–1964 Joan as a Child oil on canvas 49,5 by 59cm R20 000 – 30 000 Joan was Dorothy’s first child, born in Nylstroom in July 1911. PROVENANCE A gift from the artist to her granddaughter 272 271