Louis Betts N.A. (American, 1873-1961)
A seated young boy with a book. Oil on canvas, singed upper left, in the original Art Nouveau frame, overall 44 ½" x 34 ½". Prior labels verso: Los Angeles County Fair 1926, Brugger Fine Arts Forwarding Service, Los Angeles. Accompanying the lot is a Sheridan Art Galleries Auction Catalog, Chicago, IL, September 15-16, 1946, lot 376, having sold for $5,000.
Provenance: Private collection, Chicago, IL, Brugger Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, Private Collection, Los Angeles.
Condition: Good, slight undulation to canvas, evidence of repair verso.
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A seated young boy with a book. Oil on canvas, singed upper left, in the original Art Nouveau frame, overall 44 ½" x 34 ½". Prior labels verso: Los Angeles County Fair 1926, Brugger Fine Arts Forwarding Service, Los Angeles. Accompanying the lot is a Sheridan Art Galleries Auction Catalog, Chicago, IL, September 15-16, 1946, lot 376, having sold for $5,000.
Provenance: Private collection, Chicago, IL, Brugger Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, Private Collection, Los Angeles.
Condition: Good, slight undulation to canvas, evidence of repair verso.
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