Milne Ramsey Noonday Exhibited Chapellier Galleries, Noonday Sun, oil on cigar box panel, artwork actual size 5.4 x 8.375 inches however rear label indicates 5.125 x 8 inches, 10.125 x 13.125 x 1.5 inches overall framed, signed lower right, numbered C 23508-13, MAE 160, 36, 41 and 42 verso, framed, exhibited Chapellier Galleries, NY, Milne Ramsey catalog, 1974, as number 25. Provenance: Georges Chapellier was a Belgian art dealer who came from London to America after WWI and opened a gallery in New York. His estate was inherited by three daughters in 1978. A portion of the estate was descended to John Rosenberger who operated Rosenberger Galleries on Long Island. By descent in the Long Island family. All Chapellier labeled and or exhibited items descend from the Georges Chapellier Estate while some items only cited as Rosenberger may have other sources by Rosenberger prior to inheritance by the Long Island family. CX MRD11

Paint sound with visible impasto throughout, probably an old cleaning and varnishing now perhaps evenly mellowed. Frame wear with side rubs.