Beached Fishing Boats, 1937, oil on canvas, 22-1/2” x 28-1/4” c. 1920s-30s American Modernist frame, patinated metal-leaf gilded wood with applied composition ornament, molding width 4” “Framing is often an integral aspect of how works of art are presented and exhibited. Frames not only protect paintings, but also enhance (or detract from) the overall appearance. When Maurice de Vlaminck’s Beached Fishing Boats was added to the McNay collection in 1959, the painting was housed in a typical 1950s-era French-style carved wood frame with a milky white finish. The painting was recently reframed in an American Modernist frame from the 1920s-30s. The wide, scooped profile seemingly allows the image to expand, while the darkened gold patina harmonizes with tones in the boats and sandy beach.” —McNay museum label. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ ADAGP, Paris

Liserons et Capucines (Morning Glories and Nasturtiums), 1881, oil on canvas, 38-1/2 x 22-3/4 inches. Custom-made frame, milled from thick soft maple, mitered construction with hollow on back edge, hand stained and oxidized finish; molding width 3-1/2” This frame is a darker variation on two frames in Musée d’Orsay on Henri Cross, L’air du Soit, and Matisse, Luxe, Calme et Volupté, and on the version we made for Guggenheim NY, Georges Braque, Landscape Near Antwerp, (without upper spandrel corners). Painting: Gift of Margaret Batts Tobin