Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2560BLocation: BostonDate / Time: September 09, 2011 12:00PM
Description:
American School, 20th Century
Portrait of an Elegant Lady
Unsigned.
Oil on canvas, 27 x 22 in. (68.6 x 55.9 cm),framed.
Condition: Mounted to panel, retouched.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
The work has been retouched throughout, especially in the figure's jacket and hat. Her face is effected only on her eye lashes and under her chin. Although the background maintains its impasto, there are areas that appear to have been thinned.