NORMAN CARTON (American, 1908-1980). SUMMER NIGHT 1958, signed lower right. Oil on canvas - 22 in. x 26 in. Estimate $800-1,200
PROVENANCE: Martha Jackson Gallery, NY.
Not lined. Stretcher stress evident along right and bottom edges. Canvas slightly buckled in lower left corner. Heavy impasto virtually intact. Craquelure with pigment separation primarily in central dark green area, with some additional cracks in heavier white pigment near top center edge and at upper left and lower center edges. Some minor surface debris. UV: Fine. Marth Jackson label is stapled to stretcher in upper left corner verso.
