$60
Oil on masonite; signed in bottom left corner; titled on back; measuring approximately 24-1/2" x 18-1/2" with gilded metal frame and has a sight image of 23-1/2" x 17-1/2"; abstract depiction of a mother holding her child on a sidewalk. Laurence Christie Edwardson was born in Waltham, Massachusetts in 1904 and lived part of his life in Kensington, Connecticut. Much of his painting career was spent in New England and New Orleans, Louisiana. His work includes many Louisiana landscapes, portraits and religious subjects; and one of his modernist works is in the Historic New Orleans Collection.
Auctioneer:
Bremoauctions
Date:
2015-02-21