Property from a Private Collection, Savannah, GA(1902-1998), Still Life with Musical Instrument, Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, depicting fruit in a bowl, wine bottle and musical instrument. Frame size: 23 3/4 in x 27 3/4 in. By sight: H. 9 1/2 in. x W. 23 1/2 in.
Born in Alsace-Lorraine, France, and becoming a U.S. citizen in the late 1920s, Charles Cobelle, whose birth name was Carl Edelman, began his career in Paris after earning Bachelor and Master's Degrees at the University of Munich. Later he studied at the L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and with Marc Chagall. At Menton on the Riviera, he apprenticed with Raoul Dufy. (AskArt.com)