Lot 145: MURRAY PERCIVAL BEWLEY 1884-1964

IN HER SUNDAY BEST

IN HER SUNDAY BEST

measurements
30 1/4 by 25 in.

alternate measurements
76.8 by 63.5

signed MURRAY BEWLEY, l.r.

oil on canvas

Condition Note: canvas with wax lining, signature somewhat abraded, under Uv light, varnish somewhat opaque, scattered fine touches of inpaint along edges of face and hat, to frame abrasion, and particularly above lower edge

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PROVENANCE

Hamilton Collection
Acquired from the above by the Fort Wayne Art Museum, 1941
(Sale: Litchfield Auction Gallery, Connecticut, 1990)
Acquired from the above by the present owner