Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2470Location: BostonDate / Time: September 11, 2009 12:00PM
Description:
Norman Millet Thomas (American, b. 1915)
The Sculptor's Studio
Unsigned, inscribed "Painted by Norman Thomas/ Certified by sisister [sic]-in-law
Marie Thomas" on the stretcher.
Oil on Masonite, 48 x 30 1/4 in. (121.9 x 76.8 cm),unframed.
Condition: Surface grime/abrasions, tack holes to the margins.
Estimate $600-800
Tacks through Masonite (and consequently, through composition) to strainer bars, small loss in u.r. corner approx. 1/8 x 1/4 in., staining to Masonite along bottom on the reverse, scattered surface grime and abrasions.