Helen Prothers (American, active 1960s), painting on canvas affixed to board entitled "Pile of Pomegranates", June 1965. A lovely still life painting aptly entitled "Pile of Pomegranites" in pencil on the lower left, signed and dated in pencil on the lower right. Though relatively unknown, Prothers was a popular artist in Orange County, California, where she also taught art classes at local universities, in the mid-20th century. One of her former students described her as follows, "She was an amazing artist herself, having been a professional fashion illustrator for most of her adult life, and later did technical drawings for anatomy books. Her passion for travel and adventure took her all around the world, filled her sketch books and influenced her colorful, detailed paintings; depictions of the favorite places she had visited. . . Often, as I fussed over a painting trying to achieve some sort of unattainable perfection, Helen would patiently come over and reassure me that things were going in the right direction and to just keep going. She was a marvelous teacher and graciously shared all her tricks of the trade. I was grateful for that and learned a lot under her direction. . . Helen could find inspiration anywhere, in anything and taught me how to see things that are often overlooked in the common everyday experience and turn it into art." Mounted on board under glass with a gold velveteen matt and wood frame. Size: 13.5" L x 10.25" W (34.3 cm x 26 cm)

Provenance: Ex-Morgan collection, Santa Monica, CA.

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Some creasing and craquelure. Damage to one area of canvas.