Dorothy Brett
Bareback Riders
Estimate:
15,000 - 25,000 USD
American Visionary: The Collection of Mrs. John L. Marion
Dorothy Brett
1883 - 1977
Bareback Riders
signed DEBRETT and dated 1955 (lower left)
oil on Masonite
36 by 40 inches
(91.4 by 101.6 cm)
There is frame abrasion with some associated losses at the edges and there are minor surface accretions at upper center. Under UV: While some pigments fluoresce, they appear to be the artist's original work.
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