Wistful Girl with Light Brown Hair

This piece shows a young girl with short-cropped brown hair dressed in white. She is looking wistfully over her right shoulder (towards the left side of the canvas) behind her is nondescript foliage.

Bertha May Ingle

Possibly c.1930: Based on the stylistic approach matching her 20s and 30s illustrations. The canvas has been pasted to masonite, a material not available until the 1930s. This is part of a group of canvases that were pasted to masonite, all with matching red numbers on the back and slightly odd signatures. The best theory is these were pieces prepared for a show that was supposed to be held around 1950.

Oil on canvas, pasted on masonite

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Portrait

Painting

11 x 7.5 inches