Jane A. Davis (Connecticut/Rhode Island, 1821-1855) George R. Bishop June 1st, 1818

Description:

Jane A. Davis (Connecticut/Rhode Island, 1821-1855)

George R. Bishop June 1st, 1818
Unsigned, identified in the composition.
Watercolor and pencil on paper, 7 1/2 x 5 3/4 in., in a gilt frame.
Condition: Minor irregular toning, not examined out of frame.

Provenance: Found in Connecticut; Collection of Stewart E. Gregory, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1972; Jackie Schneider, Just Us Antiques, Tucson, Arizona, February 19, 1980.

Literature: Gail and Norbert Savage and Esther Sparts, catalog for the exhibition Three New England Watercolor Painters (Art Institute of Chicago, 1974),p. 66.

Exhibitions: Three New England Watercolor Painters, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, November 16-December 22, 1974; St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, January 17-March 2, 1975; Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, Williamsburg, Virginia, March 25-May 11, 1975; Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, June 1-September 1, 1975.
Provenance: The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art.
Estimate $2,000-3,000


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