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Auction archive: Lot number 107

One Finger Artist (American, Early 19th Century) Pair of Memorial Pictures.One Finger Artist (American, Early 19th Century) Pair of Memorial Pictures.

Estimate
US$10,000 - US$15,000
Price realised:
US$12,925
Auction archive: Lot number 107

One Finger Artist (American, Early 19th Century) Pair of Memorial Pictures.One Finger Artist (American, Early 19th Century) Pair of Memorial Pictures.

Estimate
US$10,000 - US$15,000
Price realised:
US$12,925
Beschreibung:

One Finger Artist (American, Early 19th Century) Pair of Memorial Pictures. Unsigned. Watercolor and ink on paper, one picture depicting a gentleman with a walking stick leaning his elbow on an urn-topped and garland draped monument inscribed "To the memory of the lamented wife & children of Edward Hancox." over a verse, with a weeping willow cascading behind, in a riverside landscape; the other picture shows a woman dressed in black, one hand hangs by her side with her first digit pointing downward, her other arm leans against a similar garland draped monument with a pious verse inscribed on it, with her other first digit pointing upward, painted with a similar riverside background, 10 1/8 x 8 in., in period Chinese gilt gesso and wood frames. Condition: Toning, light moisture stains. Provenance: Frank and Barbara Pollack Note: These memorial pictures originated in Rhode Island.

Auction archive: Lot number 107
Auction:
Datum:
18 Feb 2007
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
Beschreibung:

One Finger Artist (American, Early 19th Century) Pair of Memorial Pictures. Unsigned. Watercolor and ink on paper, one picture depicting a gentleman with a walking stick leaning his elbow on an urn-topped and garland draped monument inscribed "To the memory of the lamented wife & children of Edward Hancox." over a verse, with a weeping willow cascading behind, in a riverside landscape; the other picture shows a woman dressed in black, one hand hangs by her side with her first digit pointing downward, her other arm leans against a similar garland draped monument with a pious verse inscribed on it, with her other first digit pointing upward, painted with a similar riverside background, 10 1/8 x 8 in., in period Chinese gilt gesso and wood frames. Condition: Toning, light moisture stains. Provenance: Frank and Barbara Pollack Note: These memorial pictures originated in Rhode Island.

Auction archive: Lot number 107
Auction:
Datum:
18 Feb 2007
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
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