Oil on canvas, signed at lower right, presented in a period gilt frame.

DOA 20.5 x 24.5 in.

Alexander Blum studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Art Students League in New York. His early work, up until about 1940, was more traditional and included oil paintings such as this and finely detailed etchings. His later career was as a successful illustrator and comic artist.

Minor craquelure and faint stretcher mark; light surface grime.