Watercolor Memorial Picture for Captain Joseph Dike

Description:

Watercolor Memorial Picture for Captain Joseph Dike, P.A. Dike, Thompson, Connecticut, 1815, the central inscribed monument flanked by a woman and three older children dressed in black and two smaller children dressed in white, one holding a cat, willow tree behind, headstones on the right, bridge and buildings in the background, eglomise mat marked "P.A. DIKE," in a gilt molded frame, ht. 18 1/2, wd. 22 1/4 in. (sight).

Provenance: Sotheby Parke Bernet, November 1977, Lot 1011.

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; Rhode Island Collects Paper, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, March 7-April 27, 1986.

Note: Painting descended through the Pike family to the Sotheby Parke Bernet consignor.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $4,000-6,000

Minor toning, water stain at upper left corner, abrasions and short tear at left edge, small abrasions and stain in the sky.


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