Modernist Watercolor Portrait of a Woman in a Green Headdress

This is an original mixed media painting, likely watercolor and gouache on paper, depicting a three-quarter view portrait of a dark-skinned woman with a soulful expression. She is rendered in a folk-modernist style, wearing a distinctive olive-green dress and a matching voluminous headwrap with a pink band. A decorative, lace-like collar or necklace is visible at her neckline. The background features stylized, simplified architecture suggesting a Mediterranean or urban village setting with muted earth tones. The artwork is signed 'John Lewis' (or similar) followed by the date '74' in the lower-left corner. The piece is housed in a mid-century style wooden frame with a decorative profile and a wide, linen-textured inner mat or liner. Regarding condition, the linen liner shows visible age-related foxing and staining, particularly in the upper and lower corners. The painting itself appears to have some slight undulation or warping of the paper under the glass. The color palette is composed of greens, browns, and ochres with a dark, moody sky, exhibiting good contrast but showing some expected fading associated with 1970s pigments. The frame has minor surface abrasions consistent with its age.