Holding a Rose, a framed oil painting portrait on canvas of a big eyed, seated pretty young lady by Igor Pantuhoff, Russian/ American, 1911-1972. The artist seems to have been a society portrait painter. The well mannered young girl sits in a Victorian chair wearing a modest white dress with hands clasped in her lap, hold a single red rose. Signed lower left. Inscribed on the reverse and dated 1945. The canvas is in excellent condition but has probably never been cleaned. One might expect that after cleaning the colors will will revealed as more vivid. Size framed: 36 x 40 inches; canvas size: 34 x 31 inches

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A brief biography of the artist:

Born in Russia in 1911, he emigrated to the U.S. and studied with Hans Hoffman.  For two years he and Lee Krasner lived together in New York, sharing an apartment with Harold and May  Rosenberg.  Pantuhoff  allegedly left New York without telling Krasner and became known in the 1960s for his big-eye portraits. 

A brief obituary in the September 27, 1972, edition of The New York Times says Igor Pantuhoff died on Sept. 25, 1972.  It describes him as a portrait painter "whose subjects had included Princess Grace of Monaco, Mrs. James V. Forrestal, Laurance S. Rockefeller and Anthony Drexel Duke."