William Lester Stevens (American, 1888 - 1969) Landscape with Gnarled Tree

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William Lester Stevens (American, 1888 - 1969)

Landscape with Gnarled Tree
Signed "W. Lester Stevens N.A." l.r., inscribed "Billings" on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 in. (40.7 x 50.9 cm),framed.
Condition: Mild canvas deformation, surface grime.

Provenance: Nord and Ruth (Smith) Bowlen, Greenfield, Massachusetts; by family descent to a private collection.
Estimate $800-1,200

Subtle bulge to canvas in l.l. corner, possibly caused by a former slipped stretcher key; may benefit from having stretcher keys tightened; fine craquelure to areas of heavier impasto, naturally occuring pigment fluorescence.

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