July 22nd 2017 Premier Fine & Decorative Art & Watches
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/22/2017
This lot consists of a portrait of a young woman by Frank Mason 1921-2009 an artist, national academician, and Art Students League instructor for 57 years. Mr. Mason had many important commissions, including a cycle on the life of St. Anthony of Padua, which has hung in the Church of San Giovanni di Malta in Venice, Italy. In 1980, he painted three murals on the naval history of Saudi Arabia for the King Faisal Naval Academy in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Portrait commissions include Prince Giacchino Colonna of Venice, Bishop Austin Pardue, John Cardinal Wright, and Gov. Averell Harriman. In this painting Mason has beautifully depicted a young woman with long dirty blond hair in a bright yellow floppy sunhat. Mason's signature is present on the lower right corner of the painting, along with the date, "Frank Mason 1973." The painting is framed in a golden colored frame. Normal wear is present.
Condition: (Very Good - Excellent).
Item Dimensions: Framed: 20 - 1/2" x 16 - 1/4".