Lot 80: WILLIAM LADD TAYLOR 1854-1926

AWAITING HIS RETURN

measurements
30 1/8 by 24 in.

alternate measurements
76.5 by 61 cm.

signed W. L. Ta***, l.r.

oil on canvas

Condition Note: canvas lined, craquelure, particularly to the lower half and figure, minor surface soiling, under UV light small patch of inpainting under chin, a few scattered small spots to upper right, possible inpaint to bridge of nose and cheek, and by neck of mandolin, signature partially indistinct

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PROVENANCE

By descent from the grandfather of the present owner

NOTE

The grandfather of the present owner was a vice president at Curtis Publishing Company, where this work was acquired. This painting is believed to have been an illustration for the Saturday Evening Post.