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Fri, Jul 11, 2014 06:30PM EDT - Sun, Jul 13, 2014 06:30PM EDT
Lot 233

John William Orth

Estimate: $500 - $700

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(California/Texas, 1889-1976) Portrait of Ruth Auerbach Hirsch, signed lower left "1934/J.W. Orth", oil on canvas, 30 x 36 in.; original carved wood frame with new outer frame, original stretcher and tacking edge, crackle, some flaking and abrasions at edges; frame with abrasions. Notes: Exhibition: Loaned by Mrs Ruth A. Hirsch for exhibition at the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Atkins Museum of Fine Art, Kansas City, Missouri (label verso). Provenance: Estate of Robert H. Hirsch, Sarasota, Florida

Condition

original stretcher and tacking edge, crackle, some flaking and abrasions at edges; frame with abrasions