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Lot 137

PAL FRIED "Annabella" (Oil on Canvas)

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Pal Fried
(Hungarian-American, 1893-1976)
Annabella
Oil on canvas
24" x 30"

Signed to the bottom right corner, titled to the reverse of the canvas. Presented in a frame that measures 30" x 36".

Pal Fried was a celebrated painter of femlae figures, whose academic training included studies with Claude Monet, Lucien Simon, and his mentor Hugo Pohl. One of Fried's favorite muses was Annabella-- here depicted-- the mononymous starlet of French cinema.

Condition

Good condition, with no touch-ups observed under blacklight inspection. There are stretcher creases to the canvas, as well as some rippling in the top right.