Description

Vintage Framed Oil on Board Portrait by Leon Dusso, Circa 1950s. Modernist figurative oil painting on masonite set within a shadow box wood frame. The mask-like portrait centers on a seemingly melancholic figure with long wavy hair and deep, void eyes. Rendered in a controlled palette of warm hues offset with heavy, black strokes and washed, blue greens. The craquelure and worn frame adds to the mysterious state of the work. Signed “Dusso” in the lower right side.

Leon Dusso (born D’usseau), the son of a Paramount Pictures Art Director, from Los Angeles studied under Alexander Archipenko and Merrell Gage. Dusso was an American modernist artist focusing on figurative works across mediums with heavy Mayan/Incan influences.See

Dimensions

8.75ʺW × 2ʺD × 10.75ʺH

Styles

Cubism

Figurative

Mid-Century Modern

Art Subjects

Figure

Frame Type

Framed

Period

1950s

Country of Origin

United States

Item Type

Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned

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Materials

Masonite Board

Oil Paint

Wood

Condition

Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections

Color

Brown

Condition Notes

Excellent vintage condition, frame and artwork show very light signs of wear commensurate with age and use (as pictured)Excellent vintage condition, frame and artwork show very light signs of wear commensurate with age and use (as pictured)