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James Owen Mahoney (American, 1907-1987)
Untitled (Family Unit). Unsigned on the front, signed or inscribed "James Owen Mahoney" in pencil and "MAHONEY/J.O." on a gummed label, both on the back of the frame, identified on an exhibition label from the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, on the frame backing paper. Carved and painted plaster, 8 1/4 x 11 3/8 x 1 1/4 in., framed. Condition: Surface grime.
Exhibitions: Paintings and Drawings by J.O. Mahoney, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, May 12-June 24, 1990.
Estimate $300-500
The work could not be examined on the reverse, due to the mounting in the frame.
Surface cracks and small losses to the plaster surface appear to be integral to the design of this work.
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