GIRL PLAYING THE PIANO. WATERCOLOR ON PAPER. ANTONIO ROS FERRATER. AUTHOR/MANUFACTURER ANTONIO DE ROS AND DE FERRATER. AUTOR/FABRICANTE ANTONIO DE ROS Y DE FERRATER. AUTEUR/FABRICANTE ANTONIO DE ROS ET DE FERRATER.
.Description. .Title. Landscape .Date. 1944 .Artist. Illegible see photos .Medium. Pastel .Frame. wooden slight ornate frame. .Size. 38.5 x 28.5 cm .Size of work including frame. 62.5 x 52.5 cm .Condition of painting. Good Condition. .Condition of frame. Good a few slight scratches. .Colors may differ slightly due to the light when the photo was taken. .Upon completion of sale the back of the work will be papered/framers tape and wall hanging hooks and wire. The work has glass in it at the moment which will be removed for shipping unless the work is picked up. Glass will not be shipped.
Louis Macouillard. This painting depicts a house in Key West, Florida and is inscribed on verso: «KEY WESTER 1944 Breaking Sunlight». Signed lower left and dated: 1944. He would have been approx. 31 years old when it painted this, likely while on vacation after he served in the US Navy during World War II.
The painting is signed and dated 1944 in the lower right corner, seen magnified in picture 5. In addition the painting has provenance from: Elaine Graham Weitzen Fine Arts, Clayton-Liberatore Art Gallery, and FAR Gallery.