LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Size Notes:

9 by 12 in.

Edition:

Executed in 1940.

Description:

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Markings:

signed A•E• Gallatin and dated Dec. / 1940 (on the reverse)

Condition:

The canvas is unlined and tacked to the original stretchers. There is minor frame abrasion along the extreme edges with corresponding minor losses at the corners. There is very minor cracking within the dark maroon pigment at center. Under UV: The work retains an uneven varnish and there are scattered pindots of inpainting within the central form. Due to the nature of the framing, the tacking edges have not been examined, and the work has not been conditioned outside of the frame. Framed Dimensions: 17 3/4 by 14 3/4 inches (44.1 by 36.4 cm)

Provenance:

Willard Gallery, New York (acquired in 1941) Mrs. Gladys Pell, Newport Private Collection, Hadlyme, Connecticut Private Collection, Milford, Connecticut Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut, 25 April 2002, lot 203 (consigned by the above) Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC., New York Acquired from the above in 2003 by the present owner