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Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
August 12, 2018 10:00 AMCalender
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Polychrome Watercolor Penmanship Exercise

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$2,583$2,100
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3121MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 12, 2018 10:00AM

Description:

Polychrome Watercolor Penmanship Exercise, David Auger, Newfane, Vermont, mid-19th century, a central spreadwing eagle flanked by a sailing ship and building above seven lines of verse, an image of the steamboat Fulton and lines of poetry, inscribed "To Eliphalet D. Friendliness/This is fabulous, composed by D. AUGUR," in a grain-painted frame, ht. 9 3/4, wd. 7 3/4 in. (sight).

Provenance: William E. Wilthshire Collection, February 1, 1978.

Literature: Kennedy Quarterly, Vol. XIII, No. 4, p. 224.

Exhibitions: Every Picture Tells a Story: Word and Image in American Folk Art, Museum of American Folk Art, New York, September 17, 1994-January 15, 1994.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $2,000-4,000


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Keywords

William E. Wilthshire, David Auger, Sybil Kern, Newfane