Large Format Mid-Century Oil on Canvas Portrait (Verso View)

This item is a 30”x 60” oil or acrylic painting on a vertically oriented stretched canvas, viewed here from the reverse (verso). The canvas is secured to a wooden stretcher bar frame using staples, a method typically indicating a mid-to-late 20th-century production. The reverse shows a handwritten inventory or tracking number '17969' in dark pigment (likely charcoal or pencil), along with a boxed 'E' mark nearby. The canvas displays moderate foxing and organic spotting across the back surface, suggesting age and exposure to variable humidity. The wooden stretcher bars show a natural light patina with some rounding at the corners. Traces of paint bleed or overstay are visible along the edges where the canvas meets the frame, consistent with hand-painted artwork rather than a print. A wire hanging assembly is attached to the upper third of the vertical bars with eye-screws. Based on the construction and marking style, this piece likely dates from the 1960s to the 1980s. The large scale suggests it was intended as a significant decorative focal point in a mid-century or modern interior.