Bidspirit auction | Monochromatic Sepia Portrait of a

Monochromatic Sepia Portrait of a Man Smoking, Signed E. Ward - A monochromatic portrait painting on canvas depicting an elderly man with spectacles and a mustache, shown in a head-and-shoulders view while smoking a cigarette. The work is executed in a realistic style using sepia-toned pigments against a white background. The piece is signed - E. Ward - in the lower right. The painting is housed in a gold-toned wooden frame with a tiered profile and a reddish-brown inner border. On the reverse, the canvas is stapled to a wooden stretcher and fitted with a wire hanging assembly. A red numeric inscription reading #7053 810 is present on the back of the canvas. Outer dimensions: approximately 28.5 x 23.5 inches.