Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2387Location: BostonDate / Time: November 16, 2007 4:00PM
Description:
Frederic Stanley (American, 20th Century)
They Don't Grow This Way on Lollipops, an Illustration for a Wheatena Cereal Advertisement
Signed "Frederic Stanley-" l.r.
Oil on canvas, 22 x 20 in. (55.9 x 50.8 cm),unframed.
Condition: Strip lined, patch reinforcements, surface grime.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
The patches are a 2 inch horizontal patch u.c. and a 1 inch one c.l., both to the background. There is retouch to these patches, and dotted throughout the background, with additional minor dots and dashes within the figures. The work might benefit from cleaning.