$6,150
American School, late 19th Century Hobo and Children Street Scene. signed and dated in l.r. "GW Ferguson 1895," Oil on canvas. depicting a stereotypical hobo taunted by young children on a streetcorner in front of an ice cream parlor, ht. 29 3/4, wd. 34 7/8 in., in a quarter-sawn oak frame. Note: The Jersey Milk Company, noted on the ice cream parlor's awning, was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois in the 1890s. Catalog of Paintings of the Art Department Third Minneapolis Industrial Exposition , 1888, lists three paintings by G.W. Ferguson on page 30 including #706 "The Hencoop Investigator," #708 "Sugar Camp" and #710 "The Gypsey Vag."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-03-01