Oil on Canvas. Brass plate reads: Frank Penfold (American 1829-1924) Genre Scene, 1883. Oil painting with scene of older couple with woman and small child. Mansion Dining Hall. NO RESERVE. 34" H x 41" W. Frank Penfold (American, 1849-1921) was an American artist and teacher who specialized in landscape and portrait paintings, many of which were completed in Port-Aven in Brittany, France.

This lot was formerly the property of well-known real estate developer Mr. Melvin Simon and his wife, Bren Simon. It is part of the Simon's Asherwood Estate which Mrs. Simon most graciously has gifted to the non-profit Great American Songbook Foundation on whose behalf it is being sold.