$4,406
Portrait of Girl with a Basket of Flowers, America, c. 1800, unsigned, watercolor and gouache on paper, depicting the girl wearing a black dress and coral beaded necklace, standing on a yellow tile floor, 5 1/4 x 4 in., in a period molded giltwood frame. Condition: Corners applied to card backing, toning, light stains, l.l. R> Reference: This portrait was possibly done by the same artist who painted the portrait of Emma Clark in the Collection of the Abby Aldrich Folk Art Center, Wiliamsburg, Virginia, and is illustrated and discussed in American Folk Portraits: Paintings and drawings from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center ; New York Graphic Society, 1981, p. 250, plate 241.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-02-18
