Louis Kronberg Chalk Pastel Drawing "My Friend E.H.C."

Item Details

My Friend E.H.C., 1905
Charcoal and chalk pastel on paperboard
Signed to lower and upper right
Inscribed “E.H. Clement Feb 12, 1905” to lower right
Includes a red seal embossed with “K” to the verso
Presented in a period gilt frame
Inscribed “My Friend E.H.C., Louis Kronberg” to label on verso

A chalk pastel drawing on paperboard titled My Friend E.H.C. by American artist Louis Kronberg (1872-1965), dated 1905. This drawing features a portrait of American artist Edward Henry Clement (born 1843) rendered with free-form delineations and deliberate coloring. It is signed and dated to the lower and upper right and is inscribed to the lower right and to the verso. This work is presented in a wooden frame with gilt gesso moulding.

Condition

- toning, accretions, dirt residue, and tearing to paperboard; chips, surface abrasions, and accretions to frame; paper remnants and wear to verso

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures 11.25" W x 16.25" H

Item #

18BAL206-043