Description:
Theora Hamblett (American, 1893-1977)
Cotton Pickers
Signed and dated "T. Hamblett '53" l.r., also signed and inscribed "Theora Hamblett
619 Van Buren Oxford, Mississippi" on the reverse, with a label from the House of Heydenryk, New York affixed to the frame.
Oil on canvasboard, 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm),in a Heydenryk frame.
Condition: Minor retouch, fine craquelure, surface grime.
Provenance: Betty Parsons Gallery; private collection.
Literature: Ed Meek and William S. Haynie, Theora Hamblett Paintings (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1975),p. 30 (illus.).
Estimate $12,000-18,000
Dashes of retouch to abrasion in l.l. quadrant (over left figure) measuring approx. 1 1/2 in. length; craquelure; the canvasboard has not been trimmed; no additional condition issues to report.