Title: Howard Norton Cook (1901-1980), Mountain Twilight
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 25 1/2 x 48
Frame dimensions: 31 x 53 5/8 x 1 1/4

The painting appears to be in good condition with two impaction cracks at the lower right 4 3/8 inches from the bottom and 3 inches from the right frame edges, a 4 1/2 inch vertical hairline crack with a 1 /4 inch by 1/8 inch chip of paint loss located 5 1/2 inches from the bottom and 14 1/2 inches from the left frame edges, and cracquelure throughout the light blue areas of the painting - the paint layer appears to be stable. The painting was viewed under blacklight and does not show any indication of inpainting. The frame appears to be in good condition with flaking of the silver leaf along the left side.

oil on canvas

inscribed lower right: Howard Cook
verso: signed and titled