Abstract Portrait by Nell Bovelheth, Mixed Media on Masonite, c. 1960 P3517

A heavily textured, almost sculptural portrait — thick impasto in rust reds, ochres, and turquoise gives this figure a weathered, icon-like presence, somewhere between folk art and outsider expressionism. Signed on the reverse, circa 1960. Set in a simple whitewashed wood frame that keeps all the attention on that wonderfully rough surface. Art measures 16" x 20", in frame 23" x 27"