Description:
Lydia Field Emmet (American, 1866-1952)
Portrait of a Child Arranging Peonies
Signed "Lydia Field Emmet" u.l., identified on a label from Anderson-Gould Fine Arts, New York, affixed to the frame backing.
Oil on canvas, 60 3/4 x 39 5/8 in. (154.5 x 100.5 cm),in an M. Grieve Company, New York and London, frame.
Condition: Minor surface grime.
Provenance: A Massachusetts estate.
Estimate $2,500-3,500
Frame dimesions are 67 x 45 1/2 in.
Frame stamped "M. GRIEVE CO/HAND CARVED/NEW YORK & LONDON" on the reverse, and with a presentation plaque on the front identifying the artist. A label from Anderson Galleries, Locust Valley, New York, on the frame backing.
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