Signed upper left: “M. Fromkes/ [E] M.F.” Inscribed on stretcher: “FROMKES Madrid 1930”. Label on frame verso: “Maurice Fromkes, 1872-1931/Vatican Gallery, Washington/Buffalo, New Orleans, Madrid/Milch Gallery 1929-A.N.A./Grand Central Gal./Thieme-Becker”. In fine condition. From the Joseph and Marjorie Relkin Collection.
Maurice Fromkes was born in Vilna, Poland and brought to the US as a small child. He lived and painted in New York and Spain.