Lot 924
  • 924

American School, 19th Century

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • American School, 19th Century
  • Baby seated in a chair with her cat
  • oil on canvas
  • 29 in. by 23 1/2 in.
In the manner of Robert Darling.  Painted circa 1830.

Exhibited

Springfield, Massachusetts, The Holyoke Museum, A Folk Art Pilgrimage, November 3 – December 23, 1988.

Literature

The present lot was featured in an exhibition of American folk paintings at the Holyoke Museum, see "A Folk Art Pilgrimage," Transcript-Telegram, Springfield, Massachusetts, November 3, 1988.

Condition

Flakes in face and throughout, relined and restretched.
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