Thank you for the interest in this item. The mobile description does not show the full text or all of the photographs I have included in this listing. This item has a full description and up to 24 supersized enlargeable photographs showing detailed views of the item and it's condition. Please click on the Item Description tab below for complete information. Thank you for your interest in this item Vintage Oil Painting Landscape CANNES, France MCM 1958 California John Letinger Click images to enlarge Description We offer FREE Shipping on this item to a US Street address in the contiguous 48 US States (not including Alaska, Hawaii or APO, PO Boxes or USA Protectorates). ______________________ DESCRIPTION: This is a nice vintage original artwork oil painting (see photos). This is a vintage Mid Century Modern coastal landscape oil painting. The painting depicts a view of Cannes, France, where the annual Film Festival is held (see photos). This would make a great gift for a California movies star, producer or director who had competed at the festival in Cannes. The painting is painted on canvas. The artist is an original work of art oil painting. The painting is painted in a Modernist Expressionist style (see photos). The painting is vintage (see photos). The painting is framed in a carved wood gold gilt or gold painted picture frame. The item is from an estate liquidation (see photos). This painting is painted by the American California artist: John Lentine Jr (1930-1968). The painting is signed by the artist on the front (lower left-hand corner), the item is titled: CANNES, dated for 1958 and signed by the artist on the back side of the canvas (see photos). The artwork retains the original paper art gallery label for, Charles Feingarten Contemporary Art of Chicago, IL, Illinois on the back side of the painting (see photos). The painting's original price in 1958 was four hundred dollars (the equivalent price in today's dollars would be about four thousand two hundred and forty-five dollars). The painting in total framed measures in total about 29.5 inches high, and it is about 44.5 inches wide. The painting portion without the picture frame measures about 21 inches high, and it is about 36 inches wide. The is artwork is sold in as is as found estate condition. The picture frame has some scuffs, some scratches, some finish losses and some wear (see photos). The painting has some tears in the canvas, crazing to the paint and some wear (see photos and / or written description for the condition of this item). This is a nice vintage original artwork oil painting of Cannes, France by a well known California Modernist American to add to your collection. Here is some information about this artist: "John Lentine was born in Rochester, New York on October 19, 1930. Lentine studied at the Pratt Institute of Art. He died in Los Angeles on February 29, 1968. Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940" Here is some information about the Cannes Film Festival: The Cannes Film Festival has its origins in 1938 when Jean Zay, the French Minister of National Education, on the proposal of high-ranking official and historian Philippe Erlanger and film journalist Robert Favre Le Bret decided to set up an international cinematographic festival. They found the support of the Americans and the British. The Cannes Film Festival, until 2003 called the International Film Festival (Festival international du film), is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around the world. Founded in 1946, the invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congres. The festival was formally accredited by the FIAPF in 1951. Here is a list of feature films competing at the festival for the year 1958 that the painting was painted. Feature film competition The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: Brink of Life (Nara livet) by Ingmar Bergman The Brothers Karamazov by Richard Brooks La Caleta olvidada by Bruno Gebel Ciulinii B?r?ganului by Louis Daquin The Cranes are Flying (Letyat zhuravli) by Mikhail Kalatozov Desire Under the Elms by Delbert Mann The Flute and the Arrow (En Djungelsaga) by Arne Sucksdorff Girl and the River (L'eau vive) by Francois Villiers Goha by Jacques Baratier Iron Flower (Vasvirag) by Janos Hersko Journey Beyond Three Seas (Pardesi) by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Vasili Pronin The Long, Hot Summer by Martin Ritt A Man of Straw (L'uomo di paglia) by Pietro Germi A Matter of Dignity (To teleftaio psema) by Michael Cacoyannis Mon Oncle by Jacques Tati Nine Lives (Ni liv) by Arne Skouen Orders to Kill by Anthony Asquith Parash Pathar by Satyajit Ray Rosaura at 10 O'Clock (Rosaura a las 10) by Mario Soffici Sissi ? Fateful Years of an Empress (Sissi ? Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin) by Ernst Marischka Snow Country (Yukiguni) by Shir? Toyoda The Spessart Inn (Das Wirtshaus im Spessart) by Kurt Hoffmann Suburban Romance (Zizkovska romance) by Zbyn?k Brynych Vengeance (La Venganza) by Juan Antonio Bardem Visages de bronze by Bernard Taisant Young Husbands (Giovani mariti) by Mauro Bolognini LOCATION: NW SHD ___________________________ This item ships for FREE in the USA to a street address in the contiguous 48 United States only (NO PO Boxes, No Alaska and No Hawaii for Free Shipping). I can ship to these locations, but you must contact me to determine the charge for shipping. This listing includes FREE USA economy shipping from my choice of shippers. 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