Description
** Any white lines, marks, blotches etc.. you may see in photos are from lighting. The painting is perfect and retains all of its original 1930s color. This is a lovely Art Deco flapper with bobbed hair, head cap and sheer clothing. She is beautifully hand painted with watercolors on proper hot-pressed smooth watercolor paper of the same era. She is also mounted properly with her original brown paper and matting. Additionally, the back closure is the original brown velvet with its original matching velvet easel back stand. The top of the frame holds a metal pendant bail for hanging. Both the pendant and the bail look like solid bronze. There are also extremely tiny nails drilled into the top, bottom and sides to hold the back in place. The bottom back popped away from the 1 remaining nail and should be either re-nailed or glued in one corner to hold the painting, matting and backing in place. Other than this, it is in excellent condition overall. No stains or tears. No wearing down of color. No damage or repair. She was found in the estate of the original artist from New Rochelle, NY around 30 years ago and had been kept untouched in the estate for many decades prior to being sold by original owner’s family. Size is 5″ north to south from top of bail to bottom of frame by 3 1/4″ wide east to west. The pendant bale is hinged so it can be tilted as needed. This is a beautiful hand painted miniature with an unusually nice solid metal pendant frame in original excellent condition for your collection. **This estate was located in the same neighborhood, a couple of blocks away from the Norman Rockwell house. It was known to be an areaof exclusive homes for artists and writers and Thomas Paine Cottage museum.
