August Americana
Description:
Susan C. Waters (American, 1823-1900)
Pair of Portraits of a Young Man and a Young Woman
Unsigned.
Oil on bed ticking 30 x 25 in., in later brown-painted frames.
Condition: Relined, minor scattered retouch.
Provenance: Deaccessioned from the New York State Historical Association, 1995.
Literature: Illustrated and described in Colleen Cowles Heslip, Mrs. Susan C. Waters 19th-Century Itinerant Painter (Longwood College, 1979),p. 29; and Paul S. D'Ambrosio and Charlotte M. Emans, Folk Art's Many Faces, (New York State Historical Association, 1987),pp. 160-161.
Estimate $4,000-6,000
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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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