Lot 74
  • 74

Cecilia Beaux

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Cecilia Beaux
  • Portrait of Judith Brooks Knight
  • signed Cecilia Beaux and inscribed This portrait of Judith Bertha Brooks Knight was painted by me from photograph in 1907.(on the reverse, under the lining)
  • oil on canvas
  • 31 by 24 1/4 inches (oval)
  • (78.8 by 61.5 cm)

Provenance

By descent from the sitter, the great-grandmother of the present owner

Condition

Canvas is lined. SURFACE: In very good condition with strong retention of colors. UNDER UV: A two inch long patch has been repaired above her right shoulder.
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