Lot 77: Benjamin S. C. Kilvert (1881-1946 New York

Benjamin S. C. Kilvert (1881-1946 New York, N.Y.) Original Life magazine cover illustration, oil on cardboard, image size 18" x 13", 21 1/2" x 15" overall unframed, signed lower right; Provenance: Estate of H. Clinton, art director Collier's Magazine

there are 2 small squares of paper (for alignment?) glued at the top & bottom center of the image, there are faint pencil notes written along to bottom in the white, there is craqueleur & minor paint flakes off of the raised paint of the flowers along the bottom, there are some light dirt marks to the white background & the edges of the board are bent & a bit scrunched