{"product_id":"vintage-mid-century-child-portrait-by-edith-jaffe-sister-of-buchwald","title":"Vintage Mid-Century Child Portrait by Edith Jaffe Sister of Buchwald","description":"A charming mid-20th-century oil portrait of a smiling young child \u003cbr\u003ewith blond hair, painted by Edith Jaffe (1920–2013) — older sister \u003cbr\u003eof Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post columnist Art Buchwald.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PAINTING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn oil on canvas depicting a smiling child with light blond hair, \u003cbr\u003ewearing a soft grey jacket over a white collared shirt, set against \u003cbr\u003ea yellow-green ground. The painting captures a moment of warmth and \u003cbr\u003espontaneity — the child's slightly tilted head and crinkled eyes \u003cbr\u003esuggest the artist worked from life or a candid photograph.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe brushwork is loose and assured, with visible impasto in the hair \u003cbr\u003eand clothing. Signed \"E. Jaffe\" at the lower right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA COMPANION TO THE BUCHWALD PORTRAIT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis painting was acquired alongside a second oil portrait that \u003cbr\u003eappears to depict Art Buchwald as a young boy, also signed by \u003cbr\u003eEdith Jaffe and bearing a verso inscription \"Edith Jaffe \/ Art \u003cbr\u003eBuchwald\" (listed separately in our shop).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe two paintings share:\u003cbr\u003e- The same artist's hand and signature style\u003cbr\u003e- Identical Anco Bilt period frames (matching moulding, linen \u003cbr\u003e  liner, and pale green detailing)\u003cbr\u003e- Similar canvas size and palette\u003cbr\u003e- The same private collection origin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis companion work supports the attribution of the Buchwald portrait \u003cbr\u003eby demonstrating a consistent artistic practice and framing choice \u003cbr\u003efrom the same period of the artist's life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe identity of the child in this painting is unknown — it may be \u003cbr\u003eanother family member, a commissioned portrait, or a study from life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eABOUT EDITH JAFFE (1920–2013)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdith Jaffe was a practicing oil and pastel painter, described in \u003cbr\u003eher Seattle Times obituary as a \"highly respected artist.\" She lived \u003cbr\u003ein Bellevue, Washington from 1992 until her passing. As the older \u003cbr\u003esister of Art Buchwald, she shared an extraordinarily close bond \u003cbr\u003ewith the celebrated columnist — the siblings spent part of their \u003cbr\u003eearly childhood together in foster care and a Hebrew Orphan Asylum.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile Edith Jaffe's work has not yet attracted formal auction \u003cbr\u003eattention, her paintings represent the personal, family-rooted \u003cbr\u003eartistic practice of someone within an important American literary \u003cbr\u003efamily.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePROVENANCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcquired by SWCurated at an estate sale in Bellevue, Washington \u003cbr\u003e(98005) in April 2026, alongside the companion Buchwald portrait.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Medium: Oil on canvas\u003cbr\u003e- Size: Approx. 12 × 16 inches (canvas), 16 × 20 inches (framed)\u003cbr\u003e- Frame: Original Anco Bilt period frame in tan wood with pale \u003cbr\u003e  green linear accents and linen liner — identical to companion \u003cbr\u003e  Buchwald portrait\u003cbr\u003e- Signed: \"E. Jaffe\" lower right\u003cbr\u003e- Verso: No label or inscription\u003cbr\u003e- Condition: Very good for age. Canvas is taut and clean; frame \u003cbr\u003e  shows light age-related wear consistent with mid-century period\u003cbr\u003e- Hanging hardware: Original wire and hooks intact\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA warm, expressive portrait by an artist whose name is forever \u003cbr\u003elinked to one of America's most beloved humorists. Whether you're \u003cbr\u003ecollecting the pair or seeking a single piece with a quiet but \u003cbr\u003emeaningful story, this painting carries genuine character and \u003cbr\u003eprovenance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShips fully insured with professional fine-art packing. \u003cbr\u003eNo returns — please review all photographs carefully before purchasing.","brand":"SW Curated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49080159469820,"sku":"ced_31774079827","price":199.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6053\/0940\/files\/il_fullxfull.7994815958_nqid.jpg?v=1778301095","url":"https:\/\/swcurated.com\/products\/vintage-mid-century-child-portrait-by-edith-jaffe-sister-of-buchwald","provider":"SW Curated","version":"1.0","type":"link"}