Framed Oil Painting Native American Signed Le Roy 1920. Past auction have attributed similar works to either Henri LeRoy or Anita Pemberton (nee LeRoy), artists who produced paintings with similar signatures as well as chromolithographic works associated with Philadelphia's Joseph Hoover & Sons company. However, our research cannot confirm this attribution.

What is certain is that this is a unique work. What at first glance seems to be unintended damage—a tear to the canvas—upon further scrutiny appears to be a deliberate tear, in the shape of an animal hide, that has been incorporated into the piece's composition, which continues with the same paint on wood sections behind and beyond the tear. The effect creates a double-framing around the painting's subject, a Native American man gazing into the distance past a pair on a canoe in the background sea.

Dimensions are 26.75 in h x 23 in w x 1 in d. Condition is poor, with painting and canvas peeling and tears along edges, beyond what may have been intended as part of the pieces production. Please call or email for a detailed condition report.

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26.75 x 23 x 1 in