Important Americana
Important Americana
Property from the John B. Schorsch Collection
American School, 19th Century
Group of Seven Family Portraits
Auction Closed
January 24, 03:52 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the John B. Schorsch Collection
American School, 19th Century
Group of Seven Family Portraits
oil on canvas
Circa 1830
The double portrait 26 in. by 20 1/4 in.; Frame 31 in. by 53 1/4 in.
Each housed in yellow and black paint-decorated split baluster frames, including a double marriage portrait of husband and wife, and their six children painted individually: the eldest boy in a black coat, the two twin girls with brunette hair, the twin boy and girl wearing similar brown coats, and the youngest blonde haired boy.
Bernard Barenholtz, Marlboro, New Hampshire;
Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, January 28-31, 1987, sale 5551, lots 1104 through 1110;
Blonde fraternal twins in brown coats subsequently sold at:
Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture and Folk Art, January 20, 2012, sale 2533, lot 198
This group of portraits consisting of seven members from the same family, was found in Felicity, Ohio. A large family group identified as the family of Dr. Lambert Richmond, by the same artist, is owned by Child's Gallery.