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x	Lot 49	Walter Biggs						1886-1968		x
x		Couple conferring with personal secretary.								x
x		“She came confidently in to claim the fulfilment of a promise” Story illustration: “A Surprise in Perspective”, author: Floy Tolbert Barnard, Harper’s Monthly, April 1917, frontispiece; Oil on canvas, 34 x 26", signed								x
x		Estimate: $22,000 - 28,000								x
x		Notations for publication are written verso, including “full color 8" Surprise in Perspective Mag 54079” Provenance - Current owner purchased the painting at a New York auction in 1974; the stretcher bar bears name and address of previous owner								x
x		Condition - Overall very good: 1" clean tear conserved with beva; fine craquelure, bears label on stretcher bar and notations for publication; 4.5" hand-carved gilt frame.								x
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x		Detail, and enhanced closeup of signature								x
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