ERNEST LAWSON (American, 1873-1939). SEATED WOMAN WITH HAT, oil on panel - 19 3/4 in. x 15 3/4 in. Estimate $4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE: ACA Galleries, New York, "Ernest Lawson Retrospective: November 27 - December 21, 1976", Catalog # 78, as an unfinished portrait of the artist's wife
Minor surface debris embedded in varnish. UV: Inpainting along left edge, scattered spots at upper right, a small spot to left of sitter's face in hair; some small spots in skirt and bottom left. Impasto slightly flattened, probably in cleaning.
