Artist: Alexander Adam Fedorsky. (1924 - 1974) Russian - American. Worked in New Orleans and Washington DC.
Title: Georgetown.
Dimensions: 24" x 18".
Date: 1965.
Materials and Techniques: Oil on canvas stretched on canvas board.
Provenance: Note on the back in pencil: "Purchased 5/15/65. Georgetown. P St. & Wisconsin Ave. Alexander Fedorski [sic]".
Condition: Good. Edges have two small tears from old nails. The biggest one is 1/2".
Signed in pencil (lower right). "Malfa" canvas board brand (Philadelphia) on the back.
Additional info:
Savile book shop is described in Wright, Chapin. "Book Shop to Close." Washington Post. April 13, 1979.
The grave of Alexander Fedorsky at the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC.