Important Americana: Furniture and Folk Art

Important Americana: Furniture and Folk Art

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Property from the Estate of Margaret P. Gregory

American School

Young Girl in Pink Dress with Bird

Lot Closed

January 21, 03:07 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Estate of Margaret P. Gregory

American School, 19th century

Young Girl in Pink Dress with Bird


Watercolor on paper

Probably New England

circa 1830

Height 4 3/4 in. by Width 7 3/8 in.


depicting a curly-headed young girl wearing a brightly colored red dress and pantaloons and holding a small yellow and green bird in one hand and a single rose in the other, the figure is posed in a brightly colored landscape flanked by trees on either side, in an ebonized and faux grain-painted wood frame

Sotheby's, 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 95.