(English/America, 1890-1978)
Portrait of Jane Olmstead Houghton (1909-1982), painted circa 1940, signed lower right "Brockhurst", oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in.; fine original painted and gilt wood frame, 37-1/2 x 32-1/4 x 2 in.
Provenance: The Estate of Sylvia and Richard Garrett, Maryland
Note: The elegant sitter in this portrait is Mrs. Arthur A. Houghton, the founder of the Corning Museum of Glass. His mother is Mahitbel Hollister Houghton, whose imposing portrait by Philip de Laszlo is included in the auction as lot # .
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The Estate of Sylvia and Richard Garrett, Maryland
vibrant color, smooth surface, one area of fluorescence at right shoulder, possible artists retouch; frame with some surface losses
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