Fine Paintings & Sculpture

547.

Ruth Payne Burgess (American, 1865-1934)

Floral Still Life

Signed and dated “Ruth Payne Burgess 28” l.l.

Oil on canvas, 20 x 16 1/8 in. (51.0 x 41.0 cm), framed.

Condition: Lined, scattered retouch, stable craquelure.

$800-1,200

548.

Louis Kronberg (American, 1872-1965)

Dancer in White- Mlle. Cébron, Opera House, Paris

Signed “KRONBERG” l.l., with a second partial pentimento signature

and with a Star of David l.r., inscribed and dated “..June 1924/...” and

identified on several labels affixed to the frame backing.

Pastel on canvas, 24 x 18 1/2 in. (61.0 x 47.0 cm), framed (under

glass).

Condition: Minor wear to the tacking edge.

Provenance: Gift to Miss May McLaughlin from Louis Kronberg, April

1957, then by family descent.

N.B. Mauricette Cébron was a dancer in the Paris Opera Ballet who

became one of the most famous teachers in the Paris Opera school.

She also studied with Isadora Duncan.

$1,000-1,500

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