Beth Nablo (American, 1915-2003), The Magician

Oil on Strathmore Artist paper, 1986, signed and dated at lower right, retaining label to verso, the paper blind stamped at upper left corner, mounted in a walnut frame below glass.

Sheet size 29 1/2 x 22 in.; Frame dimensions 36 1/4 x 28 1/4 in.

Beth Nablo was born in Sao Paolo, Brazil, and grew up in Calvert, Texas. She studied art at Baylor College in Waco, Texas, and Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana.

An abstract expressionist, she maintained a studio in Buffalo, New York from the mid-1950s until 1968. In 1959, she was the first female painter to have a work purchased by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery for their permanent modern art collection. She moved to the Florida Keys in 1968 and continued painting and exhibiting her work throughout her lifetime.

Soft cockling to the sheet, toning to the frame backing, not examined outside the frame.