Lot 1273
  • 1273

Watercolor and Cutwork Picture on Colored Paper Ground: Rhode Island Sailing Ship and American Eagle Shield, American, circa 1876

Estimate
3,000 - 6,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • American Cutwork Picture of Rhode Island Sailing Ship and American Eagle Shield 
  • watercolor on colored paper
  • 14 by 17 1/2 in.
the cutwork filigree enclosing paired angels holding American flags and centering the American eagle and shield in a deeply carved and notched wood frame painted red, white and blue. 

Provenance

The American Folk Art Gallery, New York;
Herbert W. Hemphill, Jr.;
Manchester, New Hampshire, Northeast Auctions, The Kahn Collection: Part One, August 3, 2002, lot 84.

Exhibited

New York, Museum of American Folk Art, Collectors Choice, Part II, 1970;
Newark, New Jersey, New Museum, Paint, Paper and Thread, 1970;
Amherst, Massachusetts, Amherst College, American Folk Art, 1974, cat. no. 63.

Condition

Discolored with breaks in the cut work, and the writing is faded.
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