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Dec 5, 2021
Signed 'M. ELIZABETH PRICE' bottom center right; also titled and signed verso, oil with gold and silver leaf on Masonite
44 x 42 1/8 in. (111.8 x 107cm)
Provenance
Private Collection, New Jersey.
By descent in the family.
Private Collection, New Jersey.
Exhibited
National Academy of Design, New York, New York, n.d. (per initialed inscription verso).
Frame: 46 x 44 x 1 1/2 in.
In overall good condition. The painting appears lightly cleaned. We notice some painting contraction (craquelure) in various areas of the painting, notably at bottom center (yellow mallow and lily furthest down). Also to be seen in the upper tier of the (golden) background (although some of the lines are in fact due to gold leaf superpositions). With a small chip in the red mallow at upper left corner. Examination under UV light reveals a thick layer of greenish, milky varnish throughout the composition. We also see scattered, very minor inpainted flecks in several parts of the composition. See for example at bottom left quandrant (green leaf), center left (green leaf along the left outer edge) and near the left lily (on the leaf), upper left quadrant (red mallow), center right (on the gold background near a delphinium). With a small dent in the board at upper right (along the right outer edge, partly covered by the frame). Some other purplish areas in the gold background, which are due to the varnish recesses and drips in our opinion, and not a sign of retouching. See specialist's pictures (and video) for more details.
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