Country Americana
Description:
Lilian Coleman Westcott Hale (American, 1880-1963)
Portrait of Mrs. Julie Bulkley
Signed "Lilian Westcott Hale" u.r.
Oil on canvas, 23 x 20 in., framed.
Condition: Abrasions, paint flaking, craquelure, surface grime.
Provenance: From the sitter's granddaughter to the current owner.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
Condition: Large area of paint loss along the sitters chest measuring approximately 4 x 0.5 cm. Paint flaking lower left quadrant, measuing approximately 0.3 cm. Craquelure concentrated on the sitter's black flower, lower left quadrant, and in the left section of the red background.
Frame dimensions: 25 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.
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Keywords
Julie Bulkley, Lilian Coleman Westcott HaleCarly Babione
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