Estimate: $400 - $600
Price Realized: $2,048 Includes buyer's premium
An academic style bust portrait painting of a man executed in oil on board, depicting a male subject in profile facing left rendered against a neutral dark background, the lower left quadrant bearing a hand-painted monogram initial signature reading "H.B."
oil on board
15 1/4 x 19 3/4 inches
initialed "H.B." lower left
The Eugene and Dorothy Prakapas Estate, proceeds to benefit a scholarship fund at Yale University
center oval is in good condition, outer edges are in overall fair condition, with some loss and separation to paint in outer border
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wood frame with gilt rim, dimensions: 16 1/2 x 20 7/8 x 1 1/2 inches
