Original oil painting entitled "Dream Forest", showing trees at night beneath a mist-smeared moon, dashes of red on the ground might be fire or flora, visibility may be dimmed by fog or smoke. Signed with the artist's cipher lower right. The painting was a gift from the artist to his friend, the consignor's father, and has never before been offered for sale or reproduced in any form. Chicago-born Richard Aberle Florsheim studied with Aaron Bohrod in New York and with Emile Bernard in France, exhibiting in the Salon des Refuses. Florsheim's work can be found in important private and public collections worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Philadelphia Museum of Art. Approx. 30" x 20". Frame, approx. 37 1/4" x 27 1/2".