Unknown artist (American, XX) mixed media and acrylic painting on masonite, the work depicting an abstracted profile of a figure donning a cap, the frame by Carl Sandelin (American, active 1930-1950) with various inventory labels and an "SPB" [Sotheby Parke Bernet] lot sticker and the inscription "Made for the Bertha Schaefer Gallery / by Carl Sandelin Framemaker / 851 Lex Avenue NY." 29" H x 25.75" W Note: Of interest in this lot is the artist frame by Carl Sandelin, noted mid-century frame-maker, whose work made him a prized collaborator with such artists as Edward Hopper and Frederick Hart Benton, and with gallerists such as Peggy Guggenheim and, as with the offered lot, Bertha Schaefer.

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