Hi, Leon! I've taken the liberty of reposting your photographs as Full Image (instead of Thumbnail) so they're easier for everyone to see....
#1. Because the shadowing on her neck is so different. Debora
Wonder if it's not Lorraine Berger who taught art at Northern Texas University in Denton. She donated her works to CVAD Galleries at the school...
Both great finds! What a good eye you have. Debora
Here's another Peru bracelet with the same SP mark....
Ah, he exhibited at the St. Louis World's Fair representing, with others, Venice. Debora [ATTACH]
Other nudes of same model. https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Nudo/5FB700610016AF65 Debora
I do too. Always interested in what's been overlooked. Debora
Here's information about the gallery. It appears to have been at the Olive Street address in 1926 and 1927. Your painting looks 1920s,...
Think that's a bit later than 1940s. That switch looks 1960s to me and that's the beginning of mass tourism. Debora
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