Frederick Morgan, R.O.I.

Private collection, Chicago (possibly acquired at Russell Button Gallery or Wally Findlay Gallery, circa 1960);
Thence by descent to the present owner.

This painting has been lined. The surface is in good conditoin; the colors are fresh and bright and the surface is even. Under UV, areas of inpainting fluoresce in thin lines to address craquelure in the dark areas in the center upper area of the canvas, above the subject in the dark foliage, and in larger strokes in the extreme lower right corner and in the green paint of the chair to the left of the subject.
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