$8,750
Erastus Salisbury Field (Massachusetts/New York, c. 1805-1900) Portrait of Deacon Harlow Pease Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 35 x 28 3/4 in., in a black-painted and oak-leaf-stenciled frame. Condition: Scattered very minor retouch. Provenance: Thomas D. and Constance A. Williams, Litchfield, Connecticut; Stuart E. Gregory, Wilton, Connecticut; Sotheby's Parke-Bernet, January 27, 1979, Lot 250. Literature: Exhibition catalog for Erastus Salisbury Field, 1805-1900; "Stewart E. Gregory Collection," The Magazine Antiques, January 1971, p. 113; Jacqueline Oak, "American Folk Portraits from the Collection of Sybil B. and Arthur B. Kern," The Magazine Antiques, September 1982, p. 568; Deborah Chotner, American Naive Paintings (National Gallery of Art, 1992), p. 124. Estimate $4,000-8,000 Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2020-11-13
