Ruth Peabody (1898-1966)
Fresh Flowers
signed 'Ruth Peabody' (upper left)
oil on canvas
28 x 35 in.
framed 36 x 43 1/4 in.
Footnotes:
Provenance
Private collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Butterfields, Los Angeles, December 13, 2000, lot 3224.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Exhibited
Scottsdale, Fleischer Museum, Feminine Impressions, Women of the California School, September 1 - November 15, 1992.

The canvas has been wax lined. There is craquelure throughout. Under UV examination, there is a roughly 2 in. diagonal line of retouch right center edge with associated pinprick spots. Two other clusters of retouch right of center in the background. A quarter sized spot lower center. A few other minor spots throughout the background. With some possible older spots of retouch lower right and lower center. Impasto remains intact in the flowers.

Presented in a gold gilt over red clay bole frame with carved corners.