Lot 6: Ernestine Betsberg (1909-2007), "Macelleria..."

Ernestine Betsberg (1909-2007), "Macelleria..."
"...Romano," oil on canvas, monogrammed at lower left, inscribed and dated 1953 on the verso, framed with linen liner.
DOA 45.5 x 42 in.


Ernestine exhibited a similar painting, titled "Roman Shop," at Grand Central Moderns in 1950. In the exhibition catalogue, she spoke of finding the markets and shops in Italy "wonderfully beautiful and exciting," especially "the butcher shops...particularly fascinating and mighty Rome."
Collection of Mary Jo & Dick Bell, founders of Garden Gallery and the Water Garden, Raleigh, NC