Stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity for Janet Ament De La Roche (American, 1916-2000) and painted circa 1965. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Janet Ament studied at the Chouinard Art Institute, the Los Angeles Art Center, and at the Otis Art Institute. After World War II, she traveled abroad and continued her studies first with André L’Hote at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière (Paris) and, subsequently, at the Accademia di Belle Arte (Rome) and the Academie des Belles Artes de San Jorge (Barcelona). Ament exhibited internationally with success, including at The Salon d'Automne (1954), The Salon Des Artes Decoratifs (1955), the Museum of Modern Art, Paris (1955), the Gallier Charpentier (1955), the San Francisco Museum of Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. A long-time member of the Carmel Art Association, she is listed in all relevant art reference works. Reference: Art & Artists: Carmel – Monterey – Pacific Grove – Big Sur – Carmel Valley, Third Edition, Lee Harbick, et al., Art & Artists of the Monterey Peninsula 1985, page 23; Emerging from the Shadows: A Survey of Women Artists Working in California, 1860-1960, Maurine St. Gaudens, Schiffer Publishing Ltd 2015, Vol. 1, page 274-275; et al.