This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/3/2018
Spirit Painting. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1930. A blank canvas slowly and eerily develops into a finished painting of a design chosen at random, as if the artwork were executed by the hand of a ghost. Substantial wooden frame lacquered in gold and black, internal mechanism intact and working, together with original electrical cord and hood, blank and painted canvases. 20 x 10 ¼ x 25”. Lacks wooden uprights and one foot. With wooden packing case.