Lot 132: FREDERICK ANDREW BOSLEY 1881-1941

IN THE STUDIO

measurements
28 1/4 by 30 in.

alternate measurements
71.8 by 76.2 cm.

signed Frederick A. Bosley and dated 1921, l.l.; signed Frederick A. Bosley, dated 1921 and inscribed Painted in his studio/2nd Floor, Guild of Boston Artists/ Of which he was a charter member on the reverse

oil on canvas

Condition Note: Good condition, unlined, widely patterned stable cracquluer in brown rectangle along left edge and along back walls; under UV: three dashes of inpainting in painting on the back wall, two dashes of inpainting in fireplace, possibly area of retouch on wall above woman's head, pin dots to her left eye, spot of retouch to extreme right edge next to urn

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PROVENANCE

By descent through the family of the artist