{"product_id":"vintage-oil-painting-possible-young-art-buchwald-by-edith-jaffe","title":"Vintage Oil Painting Possible Young Art Buchwald by Edith Jaffe","description":"A rare and intriguing mid-20th-century oil portrait, believed to be a \u003cbr\u003echildhood likeness of Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Art Buchwald \u003cbr\u003e(1925–2007), painted by his older sister, the artist Edith Jaffe \u003cbr\u003e(1920–2013).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PAINTING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA loosely brushed, expressive oil on canvas depicting a young boy in \u003cbr\u003ea blue flat cap and dark green zip-front jacket, set against a soft \u003cbr\u003eyellow-green ground. The brushwork is confident and painterly, with \u003cbr\u003evisible impasto on the cap and warm, naturalistic skin tones. Signed \u003cbr\u003e\"E. Jaffe\" at the lower right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe boy's intense gaze and slight smile give the portrait a quiet, \u003cbr\u003eintrospective character — consistent with Edith Jaffe's known style \u003cbr\u003eas a portrait painter working in oils and pastels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE INSCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe reverse of the canvas bears a handwritten paper label reading:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      \"Edith Jaffe \/ Art Buchwald\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis inscription, together with the signature, the apparent age of \u003cbr\u003ethe sitter, and the mid-century period of the frame, strongly \u003cbr\u003esuggests this is a portrait of Art Buchwald as a young boy, painted \u003cbr\u003eby his older sister.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote: Attribution is based on the verso inscription and circumstantial \u003cbr\u003eevidence. The work has not been independently authenticated by the \u003cbr\u003eBuchwald family or estate. Sold as found, with all evidence visible \u003cbr\u003ein the photographs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eABOUT EDITH JAFFE (1920–2013)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdith Jaffe was the older sister of beloved American humorist and \u003cbr\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post columnist Art Buchwald. According \u003cbr\u003eto her obituary in The Seattle Times, she was a \"highly respected \u003cbr\u003eartist, working originally in oils, and then pastels.\" She lived in \u003cbr\u003eBellevue, Washington from 1992 until her passing in 2013.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdith and Art's bond was unusually close — both spent part of their \u003cbr\u003eearly childhood in foster care and a Hebrew Orphan Asylum after their \u003cbr\u003emother's hospitalization, an experience that shaped them both. A \u003cbr\u003efamily portrait painted by Edith of her younger brother carries \u003cbr\u003egenuine biographical weight.\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 a companion oil portrait by the \u003cbr\u003esame artist (available separately in our shop). The estate was not \u003cbr\u003edirectly Edith Jaffe's; the paintings appear to have been collected \u003cbr\u003eby a private owner during or after her lifetime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Medium: Oil on canvas\u003cbr\u003e- Size: Approx. 12 × 15 inches (canvas), 16 × 19 inches (framed)\u003cbr\u003e- Frame: Original Anco Bilt period frame in tan wood with pale \u003cbr\u003e  green linear accents and linen liner\u003cbr\u003e- Signed: \"E. Jaffe\" lower right\u003cbr\u003e- Verso: Handwritten paper label \"Edith Jaffe \/ Art Buchwald\"\u003cbr\u003e- Condition: Very good for age. Canvas is taut and clean; minor \u003cbr\u003e  age-related spotting on frame; no visible paint loss or restoration\u003cbr\u003e- Hanging hardware: Original wire and hooks intact\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA genuinely unusual find for collectors of American journalism \u003cbr\u003ehistory, mid-century portraiture, or family-painted celebrity \u003cbr\u003elikenesses. Whether displayed for its painterly qualities or its \u003cbr\u003eremarkable possible connection to one of America's most beloved \u003cbr\u003ecolumnists, this painting tells a quiet, layered story.\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":49080159535356,"sku":"ced_31774017277","price":399.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6053\/0940\/files\/il_fullxfull.8042705741_qz2n.jpg?v=1778301098","url":"https:\/\/swcurated.com\/products\/vintage-oil-painting-possible-young-art-buchwald-by-edith-jaffe","provider":"SW Curated","version":"1.0","type":"link"}