Oil on canvas, artist-signed lower left and on the verso, depicting the island nation's first president. Presented in carved gilt frame.

DOA 45 x 32.75 in.; SS 35.5 x 23.5 in.

A Single-Owner Collection of Cypriot History & Culture from The Cyprus Museum of Jacksonville, North Carolina

The October 14, 2004 Washington Post obituary of painter Paul C. Vavlitis notes that he came to America from Cyprus as a teenager and served as an Army Air Force aerial photographer during World War II. Trained as a visual artist after the war, Mr. Vavlitis became highly regarded for his portraits of international political and religious leaders as well as his genre scenes depicting Cypriot life.

No apparent condition concerns.