6: GEORGE VAN MILLETT (1864-1953) OIL ON CANVAS

George Van Millett (Missouri, 1864-1953)
Tending the Cabbage Patch (Circa 1900.)
The sunlit rural America genre scene depicts a figure near stands of mid-summer flowers tending a patch of cabbage painted with amazing luminosity and depiction of sunlight through the leaves.

The work is signed Millet in black pigment lower right front.
Board measures 17.5 x 12.75 with a framed size of 20.5 x 17 inches.
Minor network of thin streaks of inpainting in the central sky area. Otherwise, very good condition.
$4,000 - $6,000