Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2446Location: BostonDate / Time: March 06, 2009 12:00PM
Description:
Paul Raphael Meltsner (American, 1905-1966)
Broadway Doll [Jayne Mansfield]
Signed "PAUL MELTSNER" l.r., titled and inscribed "...BY PAUL MELTSNER..." on
the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 30 1/4 x 24 1/4 in. (76.8 x 61.6 cm),framed.
Condition: Surface grime, craquelure, minor abrasions/losses beneath frame liner.
Provenance: American 19th and 20th Century Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture. Sotheby Arcade, New York. January 30, 1987, lot: 290, sale: 1189.
Estimate $2,500-3,500