IMPORTANT AMERICAN FOLK ART FROM THE COLLECTION OF BOBBI AND RALPH TERKOWITZ
Ammi Phillips (1788 - 1865)
PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH MYGANS
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Ammi Phillips (1788 - 1865)
PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH MYGANS
Oil on canvas
31 1/2 by 26 1/4 in.
Circa 1834
Saugerties, New York
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31 1/2 by 26 1/4 in.
Circa 1834
Saugerties, New York
Provenance
Avis and Rockwell Gardiner, Stamford, Connecticut;
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Important American Folk Art and Furniture: The Distinguished Collection of the Late Stewart E. Gregory, Wilton, Connecticut, January 27, 1979, sale 4209, lot 247;
Private Collection;
Joan R. Brownstein Arts and Antiques, Newburyport, Massachusetts.
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Important American Folk Art and Furniture: The Distinguished Collection of the Late Stewart E. Gregory, Wilton, Connecticut, January 27, 1979, sale 4209, lot 247;
Private Collection;
Joan R. Brownstein Arts and Antiques, Newburyport, Massachusetts.
Exhibited
Hartford, Connecticut, Connecticut Historical Society, A Centennial Exhibition of Paintings at the Society, November 1, 1965 - February 1, 1966;
Wilton, Connecticut, Wilton Historical Society, 1977-1978;
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, American Folk, April 8 - August 5, 2001.
Wilton, Connecticut, Wilton Historical Society, 1977-1978;
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, American Folk, April 8 - August 5, 2001.
Literature
Barbara C. and Lawrence B. Holdridge, Ammi Phillips: Portrait Painter 1788-1865, (New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1968) p. 54;
Frontispiece, 'American Portraits in Wilton' Exhibition pamphlet, Wilton Heritage Museum, Wilton Connecticut.
Frontispiece, 'American Portraits in Wilton' Exhibition pamphlet, Wilton Heritage Museum, Wilton Connecticut.
Catalogue Note
A catalogue description from Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is attached to the back of painting.
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