A wooden painting board, 19.5 x 14.5, used circa 1945, originally a top for a box sent to Hepburn from MGM, used by Hepburn as a makeshift desk while she sketched and painted. Cover bears a pencil return address of “From M.G.M. Studios / Culver City, Cal.,” as well as a pencil address, “To Miss K. Hepburn / 201 Bloomington Ave [corrected to “Bloomfield”] / Hartford, Conn.” Cover also has an affixed address label from Loew’s Incorporated, as well as an air mail and special delivery label. Framed to an overall size of 21.5 x 16.5. In fine condition. Hepburn’s love of painting was well-known. Provenance: Sotheby’s 2004, Property from the Estate of Katharine Hepburn, 2004, lot 247; The John Strangi Collection. RR Auction COA.
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