Description:
Helen Lundeberg (American, 1908-1999)
Looking Through
Unsigned, identified, titled, and dated ".../1964" on a label from Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles, affixed to the stretcher, with a label from deCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts, affixed to the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 16 x 12 in. (40.6 x 30.5 cm),unframed.
Condition: Scattered abrasions.
Provenance: Collection of the artist; The Stephen and Sybil Stone Foundation; deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts.
Estimate $2,000-3,000
Minor wear with paint loss to each of the corners. Tiny dimple to surface located in the l.l. quadrant, in the black area, located 2 1/2 inches in from left side and 1 inch up from the bottom, with no paint loss in that area. Minor scuffing to upper right corner. One inch vertical line of fine craquelure in blue arch on upper right.
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