"Awaiting the Captain"

oil painting

PAINTINGS
Lapp, Howard
USA, RI, Point Judith
oil paint; canvas; wood
overall: 45 x 32 x 1 in.; in frame: 46 1/2 x 34 1/4 x 1 5/8 in.

Framed oil on canvas painting by Howard Lapp titled "Awaiting the Captain"; no date. Painting depicts scene of fisherman leaning over the railing of eastern rig commercial fishing boat VALIANT LADY, image mirrored in waterline reflection; 'VALIANT LA[off canvas]' visible painted on the edge of the boat; signed 'H Lapp' in gray paint in lower left corner. Secured in wooden frame with custom matting; sticker from framer in lower left corner of reverse reads 'ART SHANTY / CUSTOM FRAMING / ART MATERIALS & BLUEPRINTS / 401-294-3013 / 7 MAIN ST., WICKFORD, R.I.'; written in pencil in upper left corner 'LAPP / AWAITING THE CAPTAIN'. Overall good condition. Overall: 28 x 47 x 1 in.; in frame: 30 x 49 x 1 5/8 in.

2024.50.2