Oil on canvas on board, signed at lower right, presented in a period frame, inscribed on the verso "Freda W. Ledford / 21 Lynwood Rd. / Asheville, N.C. / Title 'Old Tree' / Exhibited / Asheville Art Museum / Price 35."

SS 15.75 x 19.75 in.; DOA 21.75 x 25.5 in.

From the Collection of Mr. Jonathan P. Alcott, Raleigh, NC

Exhibited:
Scent of the Pine, You Know How I Feel: North Carolina Art from the Jonathan P. Alcott Collection, Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Farmville, Virginia, June 20 - October 18, 2014 (illustrated in the accompanying catalogue). This exhibition traveled to the North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh, NC, September 10 - December 4, 2016.

Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC

Born in Harrisburg, PA, Ledford studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and at the Foreigners University in Perugia, Italy. She moved to Texas with her family in 1924, but was back in Pennsylvania in the early 1930s. She pursued a successful career as an interior designer and illustrator. By 1945 she was living in Asheville where she continued to paint and teach.

Good estate condition.

$800 - 1,200