Oil on Canvas signed by the artist Alma Steinmetz.  The painting ahows cattle grazing in a summer landscape and is mounted in a frame of the pereiod.

Alma Steinmetz (1887 - 1983) was born in Dearborn County, Indiana on June 8th, 1887, however, she spent most of her life in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her most notable teacher was Edward Sitzman. Steinmetz’s Legerdemain received a purchase award as an outstanding still life in the 1947 Hoosier Salon. She also exhibited at the Broward Art League in Florida in 1955. She married Hartog Bobbe and later died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on May 28, 1983.

Declared date of manufacture : 1950