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Lot Description

Pauline Palmer

(American, 1867-1938)

My Mother, c. 1910

oil on canvas

signed faintly (lower right)

24 x 20 inches.

Property from the Collection of Leonard Stark, Chicago, Illinois

Exhibited:
Peoria, Illinois, Lakeview Museum of Arts & Sciences, Pauline Palmer: In Retrospect, March 10 - April 8, 1984, no. 26

Condition Report

Framed: 32 3/4 x 28 1/2 inches.
Condition: Canvas is lined; moderate deposits of surface dirt and dust; signature is abraded; localized craquelures in center left; hairline craquelure along lower edge, accompanied by tenting paint; artwork has slipped in frame. Under UV light, inpainting visible along upper and lower edges; within the white headdress of sitter; two small areas in center left; and scattered brushstrokes in center right.

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