Philip Campbell Curtis (American, 1907-2000) Two Women

Description:

Philip Campbell Curtis (American, 1907-2000)

Two Women
Signed and dated "PHILIP C CURTIS '72" across the top of the composition.
Oil on panel, sight size 3 3/8 x 2 7/16 in. (8.6 x 6.1 cm),housed in a daguerreotype case.
Condition: Good.

Provenance: Ex collection of Charles Percy Parkhurst (1913-2008),Williamstown, Massachusetts. Parkhurst was a part of the so-called Williams Art Mafia. He worked as a museum curator, professor, and was one of the "Monuments Men."
Estimate $500-700

Closed dimensions of the daguerreotype case are 4 3/4 x 3 7/8 x 1 in.

The yellowed varnish on the painting is assumed to be part of the artist's intention to suggest the patina of age.


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