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Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
August 12, 2018 10:00 AMCalender
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Rufus Porter (Connecticut/Massachusetts, 1792-1884) Portrait of a New England Gentleman

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$6,765$5,500
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3121MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 12, 2018 10:00AM

Description:

Rufus Porter (Connecticut/Massachusetts, 1792-1884)

Portrait of a New England Gentleman
Unsigned.
Watercolor on paper, 3 3/4 x 2 7/8 in., in a gilt molded frame.
Condition: Small scratch on sitter's left arm, minor toning.

Provenance: The Garbisch Collection, Sotheby Parke Bernet, April 29, 1977, Lot 323.

Exhibitions: Reflections of 19th Century America: Folk Art from the Collection of Sybil B. and Arthur B. Kern, Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, Massachusetts, September 19, 1979-June 15, 1980.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $1,500-2,500


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Keywords

Rufus Porter, Arthur B. Kern, Sybil Kern, Lexington