Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil on canvas, signed at lower right "P. Fontaine," presented in a later gilt frame.
SS 21.75 x 24 in.; DOA 28.5 x 30.5 in.
Originally from France, Mersereau moved to the American south. He taught painting classes in Texas and also served as the president of the Southern National Academy of Design, a post he stepped down from in 1933.
Some slack to canvas; some surface grime.
$800 - 1,200