Acrylic and egg tempera on Masonite, signed at lower left "Medearis," titled "Little Doc's Daughter" and further inscribed on the verso, presented in the likely original frame with linen liner.

SS 19.25 x 23.5 in.; DOA 26.5 x 30.5 in.

Collection of General Lewis Marshall Helm, Washington, D.C. Capricorn Galleries, Bethesda, MD (purchased by the collector in 1971)

A portrait of Judith Dettling, the artist's second wife, whom Medearis thought resembled her father. Her father administered first aid to miners in Missouri, thus the reference to "Little Doc."

No condition concerns to note.

$2,000 - 4,000