$5,228
Attributed to Joseph H. Davis (Maine, New Hampshire, 1811-1865) Portrait of a Mother and Son. Unsigned. Watercolor on paper, 9 3/4 x 11 3/4 in., in a period painted molded wood frame. Condition: Repair, minor toning, cleaned. Provenance: collection of Isabella Carleton Wilde, collection of Harpo Marx, Edith Gregor Halpert, retaining a paper label from the American Folk Art Gallery, New York, which states it was originally from New England. Exhibitions: New York, The Downtown Gallery, Inter-American Folk Arts, December, 1942; American Folk Art, April, 1954; New York, The Downtown Gallery, Gallery Purchases, June, 1955; Houston, The Houston Mueum of Fine Art, January, 1956; New York, The Museum of American Folk Art, April, 1964. Literature: Three New England Watercolor Painters, Gail Savage, Norbert H. Savage, Esther Sparks, (Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, 1974), catalog of known works of Joseph H. Davis, p. 64, no. 108.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-03-02
