Harold Harrington Betts
(1881 - 1951)
Drawing Water at the Pueblo, 1923
oil on canvas
signed lower right: H Betts
19 1/4 x 24 in. (48.90 x 60.96 cm.), Frame: 21 1/2 x 26 5/8 x 1 3/4 in. (54.61 x 67.63 x 4.45 cm.)
Private Collection, Washington, D.C.
Private Collection, Maryland

The painting is in overall fair to good condition. Ultraviolet examination reveals a few scattered areas of inpainting. Minor surface abrasions, the largest being a vertical scratch at upper center, extending approximately 1 1/2 inches. Scattered craquelure and minor stretcher bar marks along all margins. Frame in good condition, with slight mitre separation.

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