An antique painting by Albert Herter titled "Ideal Head" offers oil n canvas portrait of a woman, en verso label with title and artist, seated in giltwood frame, canvas unsigned, c1900. Measures - overall 30.5''H x 21.5''W x 2.75''D. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: biography of Albert HERTER (1871-1950) Birth place: NYCDeath place: Santa Barbara, CAAddresses: East Hampton, NY/Santa Barbara, CA (from 1917)Profession: Portrait and mural painter, illustrator, craftspersonStudied: ASL with Beckwith; Acad. Julian, Paris with J.P. Laurens; Cormon in Paris.Exhibited: PAFA, 1876, 1878, 1894-99, 1902, 1924 (prize, 1897); Paris Salon, 1890 (prize); NAD, 1893-94; Boston AC, 1894-95; AIC; Atlanta Expo., 1895 (med.); SNBA, 1895-98; Nashville Expo, 1897; AWCS, 1899 (prize); Paris Expo., 1900 (med.); Pan.-Am. Expo., 1901; Corcoran Gal., 1907.Member: ANA, 1906; AWCS; Century Assn.; SAA, 1894; NYWCC; Soc. of Mural Painters; Arch. Lg., 1901.Work: MMA; Brooklyn Inst. Mus.; murals: Saint Francis Hotel, San Fran.; theatre murals, San Fran.; Los Angeles Pub. Lib.Comments: Founded Herter Looms (makers of handwoven textiles and tapestries) in New York in 1908 with wife Adele Herter (see entry). They established a San Francisco branch in 1913. His decorative murals were considered highly. Teaching: AIC, 1896.Sources: WW47; Hughes, Artists in California, 252.; Fink, American Art at the Nineteenth-Century Paris Salons, 356; Gerdts, Art Across America, vol. 3: 298; Falk, Exh. Record Series. *** OPTIONAL SHIPPING & DELIVERY - While onsite retrieval is always welcome at no charge, this item can be delivered within 1,000 MILES of NEW YORK at the "Flat-Rate Shipping" quote provided in the listing. In-House Shipping & Delivery QUICK QUOTES for items requiring DELIVERY OUTSIDE OF THIS RANGE are available UPON REQUEST. Also, we employ NO-CONTACT PRACTICES in the transfer of purchased items and free storage is available for up to 60 days UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.***

Overall very good condition with minor frame scuffs as photographed