Large Charcoal Portrait Girl Writing Letter La Pensadora The Thinker Puerto Rico by Juan De Prey, 1930 Sold 75" obelisk is made of

75" obelisk is made of Derbyshire black marble

an almost identical dressing table from the same collection was at Sothebys Auction in 2022 with an estimate of $150

The white enamel clock dial having black Arabic numerals

there is a eye hook to the rear

This is an early and crisp impression in excellent condition and housed under glass in a gilt & silvered hardwood frame

Large Charcoal Portrait Girl Writing Letter La Pensadora The Thinker Puerto Rico by Juan De Prey, 1930 Sold 75" obelisk is made ofA large portrait by the celebrated Puerto Rican American muralist artist Juan De'Prey (1904 1962), signed & titled "La Pensadora" (The Thinker), circa 1930. This painting is by one of Puerto Rico's most collected artists, De'Prey was an outsider artist and also considered a modernist, aside from being a muralist he painted works in oils and acrylics. This picture is finely rendered in charcoal and mixed media on paper, it depicts a young woman