jess-hobby-il-1871-1938-i-afternoon-in-oak-park-i
Lot 390
Jess Hobby (IL, 1871-1938), Afternoon in Oak Park
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil on canvas, signed at lower left, presented in the likely original gilt frame, retaining an exhibition label to the verso.

SS 26.5 x 23.5 in.; DOA 30.75 x 27.75 in.

Estate of Ann T. Pope Haddonfield, NJ & Durham, NC

Exhibited:
The All-Illinois Society of the Fine Arts, Spring Salon, May 18 - June 30, 1935.

A noted Illinois artist, in 1935 Hobby was awarded The All-Illinois Society of the Fine Arts' first gold medal for the painting From Studio Window. He was also a talented scenic painter and was known to hand-carve his own frames.

Light surface grime.

$800 - 1,200