AW916: Arthur Smith "Lovers" Oil on Board Painting Circa 1960's Castle Ruins 38 1/2 inches high

38 1/2 inches high

Dimensions: Sight - 15 5/8" x 13"

No apparent signature

Dimensions: Base Height 26"

Very rare copper engraving by Giovanni Tommasco Borgonio (1620 - 1683) from Blaeu's city book of Piedmont-Savoy: "Novum Theatrum Pedemonti et Sabaudiae" published in Amsterdam in 1682

AW916: Arthur Smith "Lovers" Oil on Board Painting Circa 1960's Castle Ruins 38 1/2 inches highArthur Smith "Lovers" Oil on Board. Signed lower right. Presented in original period frame. Dimensions: Sight 19 1 2" x 23 1 2"; Frame 23 1 4" x 27 1 4" COMMENTS: Arthur Smith painted for the Federal WPA Program in the 1930s and 1940s and was also an Illustrator for "The Ring" boxing magazine. Smith died in 1972 and his paintings have recently been exhibited in his home town of New York City and throughout the United States.