Discovery
02-13-200802-14-2008
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2396
February 13, 2008 05:00 PM
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Auction: Discovery - 2396Location: BoltonDate / Time: February 14, 2008 10:00AM
Description:
George Laurence Nelson (American, 1887-1978)
At the Table
Signed and dated "G.L. NELSON 1915" l.r.
Oil on canvas, 40 x 32 in. (101.6 x 81.3 cm),unframed.
Condition: Retouch (with the signature possibly reinforced),loss to center, craquelure, surface grime.
N.B. George Laurence Nelson's brightly colored paintings often feature female figures posed within a landscape or decorated interior. Nelson studied at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design School in New York as well as the Academie Julian in Paris. He exhibited widely and taught at the National Academy of Design and the Cooper Union Art School. He eventually set up a studio in Kent, Connecticut.
Estimate $500-700