Lot 87
  • 87

Laura Adeline Lyall Muntz 1860 - 1930

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 CAD
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Description

  • Laura Adeline Lyall Muntz
  • Portrait of a Little Boy
  • signed and dated lower right Laura Muntz 1902
  • oil on canvas
  • 32.4 by 33.0 cm.
  • 12 ¾ by 13 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Ontario

Condition

This painting is in excellent condition with no apparent issues under UV.
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Catalogue Note

This work is a portrait of the consignor's father painted on his first birthday.  Muntz is well-known for her sympathetic renditions of mothers and children similar in style to the work of American painter Mary Cassat.