A striking signed charcoal portrait of a young woman in a wide-brimmed hat, rendered on warm kraft / toned paper with confident expressive linework. Signed in pencil bottom right (Michael McGuigan). The pose and styling (wide-brimmed hat, soft collar, slightly turned gaze) evokes 1920s to 1940s fashion illustration energy. Professionally matted and framed by Hudson River Picture Frames on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, giving this piece a real NYC provenance. Some minor staining at the bottom of the paper that reads as honest age character. The kraft paper choice gives it such a beautiful warm glow even before framing.
