Ernest Leonard Blumenschein (1874-1960)
Mexican in Doorway
signed 'E.L. BLUMENSCHEIN' (lower left) and signed again and titled twice (on the stretcher bar and on a label affixed to the stretcher bar), dated 'Jan 27' (on a typed label affixed to the stretcher)
oil on canvas
14 x 20 in.
framed 20 x 26 in.
Footnotes:
Provenance
Private collection, North Carolina, by family descent.

The canvas is unlined and retains the original stretcher bars. Minor surface dirt. Craquelure throughout with a small area of lifting on the figure's hair. Scattered losses upper corner and lower corners. A few scattered losses and abrasions on the sarape lower center near the edge. Frame abrasion. The canvas slightly rippled upper left corner from stretching. Under UV light examination, fluorescence due to pigments but no evidence of retouch. No further condition issues to report.

In a period gilt carved frame. The frame with scattered losses and flaking. The upper right and lower left corners slightly splitting.