Skippings Fine Arts has dated this piece to the 1930s.
It’s one of the most exciting and engaging picture I’ve come across of late. Looking at the painting is almost like watching a play unfold, and there is a lot of emotion.
But what is going in? Has she walked in on something? Is she slowly withdrawing? Is she deliberating?
The painting dates from the early 1930s. Coles Hopkins had just arrived in Paris from his native New England. The painting bears a label from the exhibition on the verso. The artist later returned to the US where he had about 20 solo shows - mostly in the States, but also in Spain.
An oil on relined canvas, this painting measures 61 x 73 cm.
The gilded frame has imperfections - there are chips in plaster and gilding - but it brings total size to 70 x 82 cm
Skippings Fine Arts has dated this piece to the 1930s.
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American Kendal Coles Hopkings (1908- 1981) Young Woman in Paris, Ca 1932, Antique Oil on Canvas
