August Americana
Description:
Justus Dalee (New York/Wisconsin, 1793-1878)
L'Oiseau Cheri
Signed "Justus Dalee/Amelia Mason" l.r., titled below the image.
Watercolor on paper, 10 x 14 in., in a mahogany veneer frame.
Condition: There is a 2 1/4 in. closed tear in the sky on the left side of the image in the sky above the tree line and a 7/8 in. closed tear in the sky extending from the top edge.
Provenance: The Brooks Estates, Hamden, Connecticut; Lewis Scranton, Killingworth, Connecticut; Pat Bell, Old Hope Antiques; Joan Brownstein.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
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Stephen L. Fletcher
Partner/Executive Vice President and Chief Auctioneer
Director of American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3000
Christopher D. Fox
Vice President
Director, Historic Arms & Militaria
Associate Deputy Director, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3200
Paul O’Hara
Business Administrator, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3224
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