$9,775
Wetzel Geometric Artist(Berks, Lehigh, and Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania, active 1780-1816) - Fraktur drawing, hand-drawn watercolor and ink on paper, elaborate geometric design with multiple diamond borders enclosing a square with star corners and floral center, executed in shades of red, yellow, and green, inscribed at the base "Anna Wetzel, 6 1/2" x 5 5/8". Provenance: Helen Janssen Wetzel collection. Pictured in Fraktur Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts by Dr. Donald A. Shelley, plate 62. Dr. Shelley assigned the name "Wetzel Geometric Artist" to this artist. For similar examples, see The Pennsylvania German Fraktur of the Free Library of Philadelphia , plates 27 and 334; and Fraktur Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts by Dr. Donald A. Shelley, plate 205. For artist information, see Papers for Birth Dayes by Corinne and Russell Earnest, pages 808-809.
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2004-10-08