Lot 641: R. TREASTER MARCIA TEMPERA PTG

RICHARD TREASTER "MARCIA" TEMPERA PAINTING. 1970s. Egg tempera on board. Signed left edge. Treaster (Ohio, 1932-2002) is a well known artist of Northern Ohio, who taught at the Cleveland Institute of Art. This painting of a semi-nude woman in a study is subtitled "Homage to Eakins." Treaster enjoyed Eakins' work a great deal, referring to him in a 1970s newspaper article and, serendipitously, finding this same painting chosen in 1976 for a Butler Institute Medal of Merit (Youngstown, Ohio) by thePennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' Richard Boyle (where Eakins had taught) (Youngstown "Vindicator" 7/25/1976). Size: 56 1/2" h., 43" w., framed 66" h., 53" w. Condition: no defects to the painting; frame as is; must be shipped by a 3rd party due to its size.