Lot 75: ESTHER WILLIAMS 1907-1969

BETHESDA FOUNTAIN, CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK

measurements
40 by 50 in.

alternate measurements
101.7 by 127 cm.

signed Esther Williams (lower left)

oil on canvas

Condition Note: generally good condition, canvas unlined, slightly rippled, surface moderately soiled, scattered minor craquelure, under UV light no apparent inpainting

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PROVENANCE

Kraushaar Galleries, New York (as Fountain)