Auction: Discovery - 2620MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: November 14, 2012 2:00PM
Description:
Herbert Cyrus Farnum (American, 1866-1925)
Standing Nude in a Studio Interior.
Signed "H. Cyrus Farnum" l.l.
Oil on canvas, 47 x 30 in., framed.
Condition: Patch reinforcement, retouch, mild surface grime.
Provenance: By descent with the artist's family.
N.B. The model was the painter's muse. The chair the model leans against was a favorite prop in the artist's studio and remains in the collection of the Farnum family.
Estimate $1,000-2,000
Repaired tear. about 2 1/2 inches across, to u.r. quadrant in area of the palette, with retouch to this area and a patch to the reverse.