Watercolor Birth and Baptismal Fraktur for Maria Zollner

Description:

Watercolor Birth and Baptismal Fraktur for Maria Zollner, the Blowsy Angel artist, Upper Milford, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 1796, the circular central frame with German inscription and heart flanked by angels, birds, and flowers, ht. 13, wd. 15 1/2 in.

Provenance: Arthur J. Sussell Collection, Sotheby's, October 24, 1953, Lot 330; Sotheby's, February 1, 1991, Lot 919.
Provenance: The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art.
Estimate $400-600


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