Belmore Browne (1880-1954)
Marvel Lake (Alberta, Canada)
signed 'Belmore Browne' (lower right) and signed again and titled (on the stretcher bar)
oil on canvas
25 x 30 in.
framed 32 1/2 x 37 1/2 in.
Painted circa 1930.
Footnotes:
Provenance
Len Braarud Fine Art, Le Conner, Washington.
Estate of Jeffrey M. Bradford.

The painting is unlined and retains the original stretcher bars. Craquelure and paint shrinkage across the middle third of the painting. Minor frame abrasion. Under UV light examination, there are scattered tiny dots of retouch concentrated in the water lower left and on the hillside upper right. A few other scattered minor spots of retouch throughout. No further condition issues to report.

In a gilt over red clay bole and gesso carved metal leaf Newcomb-Macklin Co., New York metal leaf frame, circa early 1930s.