{"product_id":"oil-on-wood-panel-valley-village-early-to-mid-20th-century","title":"Oil on Wood Panel, Valley Village, Early 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeriod\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEarly 20th century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12¼ x 15½ inches, unframed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn oil on wood panel, with an illegible pencil signature to the verso.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA valley with a town in it, seen from above, the grain of the panel reading through the paint in the sky and hills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a chip and loss to the panel at the upper left corner and along the top edge, edge wear and small losses around the perimeter, and surface abrasion with a few scratches through the paint. Sold unframed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistorical Context\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePanels were the plein air support: rigid, light, cheap, and needing no stretching, which is what a painter working outdoors wanted. Wood panels are also the older choice, standard from the nineteenth century into the early twentieth, where the commercially embossed canvas-textured board that replaced them is a twentieth-century product.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"foundresse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56879349891238,"sku":"FD-015","price":385.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0637\/7645\/6870\/files\/IMG_6930.jpg?v=1785527439","url":"https:\/\/foundresse.com\/products\/oil-on-wood-panel-valley-village-early-to-mid-20th-century","provider":"foundresse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}