Description:
Gertrude Fiske (American, 1879-1961)
The Old Lady
Signed "Gertrude Fiske" l.r., titled and signed on the reverse, label inscribed "Mr. Percival Lowell/180 Beacon Street" affixed to the frame.
Oil on canvas, 30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.4 cm),in a signed and monogrammed Walfred Thulin frame dating to 1926.
Condition: Good.
Provenance: Descended in artist's family through to current owner.
Estimate $6,000-8,000
Minor scattered varnish inconsistencies or similar visible under UV, possible minor imperfection to u.l. corner of the canvas, staining to the reverse.
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