Oil on canvas, signed at lower left, a typed note affixed to the verso dates this painting to circa 1925, presented in a silvered and gold tone frame.

SS 27.5 x 19.5 in.; DOA 33.75 x 25.5 in.

Private Collection, Raleigh, NC

Acquired by the consignor from Leland Little Auctions, The Fall Catalogue Auction, September 13-14, 2013 (lot 48)

Born in Morrisville, NC, Mabel Pugh studied at Peace College (then Peace Institute) in Raleigh from 1907 until 1913. After leaving Peace, she continued her art studies at Columbia University, the Art Students League (New York), and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Her work was very well received, with numerous woodblock prints and paintings exhibited across the country and gracing numerous book jackets. She returned to Raleigh in the 1930s where she served as head of Peace College's Art Department from 1938 until 1960.

Some crazing and dry surface; small paint flake; some surface grime.

$800 - 1,200