Fine Paintings & Sculpture
Description:
Emile Albert Gruppé (American, 1896-1978)
Nude by a Pond's Edge
Signed "EMILE A GRUPPE" l.r. (beneath the lip of the frame),with a small gummed label likely inscribed in the artist's hand and a fragment of letterhead from Emile A. Gruppe Gallery, both affixed to the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 24 x 18 in. (61.0 x 46.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Lined, minor retouch.
Provenance: A private New Hampshire collection.
Estimate $1,500-2,500
Framed dimensions are 33 x 26 3/4 x 2 1/8 in.
The retouch is minor and consists of a few brushmarks on the nude's abdomen which have been applied over the varnish layer.
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