Ben Austrian (American, 1870-1921) "White Rabbits and a Chick," oil on canvas, original frame. Accompanied by a wood advertising box for Bon Ami scouring powder, which used one of Austrian's chicks as the Bon Ami mascot, and continues to do so to this day. Purchased from the former director of the Reading Public Museum, who memorialized in a letter, which accompanies the painting, that a cleaning at one time removed some of the surface paint, along with the signature. Size: 8.5'' x 11.5'', 22 x 29 cm (sight); 16'' x 19'', 41 x 48 cm (frame). Provenance: Private Pennsylvania Collection.

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