Oil on board, signed at lower right "Paxton" and inscribed by the artist "To Bittinger" at lower left, presented in a later gilt frame.

SS 20 x 15 in.; DOA 23.75 x 19 in.

From the Estate of Gilbert F. Carpenter Trust, Greensboro, NC

Mr. Carpenter was a tireless artist and educator, finally settling in Greensboro to head the art department of UNCG (1964-1974), retiring as emeritus professor of art in 1989. He was director of the university's Weatherspoon Art Gallery from 1974-1989. A retrospective exhibition of his work was held in 1999 at the Weatherspoon Art Gallery that traveled to St. John's Museum of Art, the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, and the Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art.Gift from the artist to his friend and fellow artist, Charles Bittinger

Dr. Isabel Bittinger, Winston-Salem, NC

Abrasions to elbow and buttocks.

$4,000 - 8,000