Ripley, Aiden Lassell (American, 1896-1969), Pond in the River (Pulling in a Large Trout), watercolor, 18.25 x 29.25 inches (sight size), Signed lower left A. Lassell Ripley and copyrighted, pencil notation on reverse: [Pond in the River; Middledam; 800], Provenance: Grand Central Art Galleries, NY; The Estate of Mercedes Shoemaker, framed in a painted wood frame measuring 27 x 38 inches

in good condition, inspected outside of frame, with true colors and little toning, apart from: toning to top mat, taped behind mat with masking tape (much removed with remaining residue), pin-holes distributed around the margins visible from the reverse, smudging and light staining to reverse