Vintage Oil on Board Portrait of a Cardinal, Unsigned white stallion from their perfectly parted jet

from their perfectly parted jet black hair

where she was similarly at the center of the artist cafe society

with painted hands and legs

with no missing stitches that I can see

in a gesture that feels like a forever embrace

Vintage Oil on Board Portrait of a Cardinal, Unsigned white stallion from their perfectly parted jetI purchased this portrait from the son of it's original owner, who he told me she had "run" Bergdorf Goodman's in 1930s. I believe that was an exaggeration, but she did have some wonderful things, which he was selling off. This unsigned portrait might date from the 30s or so, I am not exactly sure; the artboard on which it was painted was at some point covered on the backside with a sort of adhesive vinyl, with the only information on it is a very