When I visited a friend recently I asked about this painting and was told that it was a May Show entry called "Starfish" painted by Janet Moore. A sticker on the back of the masonite board confirmed that this painting was from the 38th May Show held in 1956.
I went on-line to see if there was any record of the art entered in the May Shows and found that there is a list of the artists but very few images available of the art. Here is a link to the Cleveland Museum of Art archives May Show database. [1]
It is certainly unfortunate that a photographic record of all the art submitted to the May Show was not maintained.
Here is a link to artoftheprint, a site which has a bio of Janet Moore. [2]
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Links:
[1] http://library.clevelandart.org/search_mayshow
[2] http://www.artoftheprint.com/artistpages/moore_janet_penobscot_maine.htm
[3] http://realneo.us/system/files/P1640691.jpg