This expressive mid-century portrait captures a weathered elder gentleman with a striking, long white beard and mustache smoking a pipe. Rendered with dynamic, texturally rich impasto brushwork, the subject is depicted wearing a rustic dark coat with multi-colored accents over a white collared shirt, topped by a uniquely creased and banded fedora hat. The background features a vibrant, atmospheric color gradient shifting from deep burnt sienna at the top to seafoam greens and teals along the horizon line, lending a rugged, seafaring quality to the composition. The work is housed in its original vintage fabric-lined gold gilt frame.

Specifications

• Artist: Roy Pierce (United States, 20th Century)

• Title: Portrait of an Old Man (Man with Pipe)

• Medium: Oil on canvas

• Signature: Signed by the artist in paint (lower right)

• Specs (Dimensions): 28.5 x 24.5 inches (Frame size)

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