Frederick Witton - Portrait of a Young Woman - 1930s- Pastel AP1755

Delicate, elegant and tender: truly lovely. Measures 7 3/4" x 11 3/4". We found this entirely surprising article on-line about the artist:  https://www.pulpartists.com/Witton.html It turns out that in addition to a VERY colorful life he worked as a pulp magazine artist. It's really worth the read. We don't get a hint of any of it from this charming portrait. But this quote from the article does throw some light on it: 'In 1935 he visited his daughter and ex-wife in California. To finance the trip he arranged to spend a week at a department store in Oakland, California, where he drew quick-sketch portraits of customers. Each finished portrait came in a frame and cost one dollar. One year later in 1936 he arranged a similar deal with a department store in Los Angeles, CA. Newspaper accounts document a similar trip in 1938 to San Antonio, Texas, where he again traveled to perform a quick-sketch novelty service at a department store. He drove to these locations with a mobile home trailer h