LAVERNE NELSON BLACK | RIDERS BEFORE YELLOW ASPEN

LAVERNE NELSON BLACK
1887 - 1938
RIDERS BEFORE YELLOW ASPEN

signed LaVerne Nelson Black and inscribed Taos (lower left)
oil on canvasboard
15 ¾ by 20 inches
(40 by 50.8 cm)

Condition Report:
There is minor frame abrasion with some associated losses at extreme edges. The work retains a study by the artist on the reverse. Under UV: there is no apparent inpainting.

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Provenance:
Walter Reed Bimson, Phoenix, Arizona, circa 1936

Valley National Bank of Arizona

Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2004