Description:
Watercolor Depiction of a House in Thomaston, Maine, Thomaston, Maine, 19th century, elaborate two-story clapboard house with slate room and multiple chimneys against a lake and mountain background, location inscribed on back of gilt frame, ht. 10 3/4, wd. 15 3/4 in. (sight).
Provenance: Helen Falconia, Genesco, New York, April 7, 1979.
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.
Provenance: The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art.
Estimate $200-300
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Keywords
Genesco, Arthur B. Kern, Helen Falconia, Sybil Kern, LexingtonStephen L. Fletcher
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