AMER WINTER 2016
The live portion of this session begins on Wednesday, February 3, 2016.
AMERICAN SCHOOL (Mid-19th Century) FOLK ART PORTRAIT OF A FAMILY.An endearing family group bust length portrait including a young child with brown eyes and blond hair (parted in the center), wearing an orange dress with lace color and beaded necklace. The child's mother is to the left wearing a black dress with white lace collar and dark ringlets framing her face, and the father is on the right wearing a black coat and white collared shirt. Housed in a period giltwood frame. SIZE: 26" x 27-3/4". Overall: 29" x 30" CONDITION: Good, restored condition. Paint surface is stable with stretcher bar marks and minor craquelure and surface dirt. Several patches on verso with corresponding old restoration (including child's face), one area of new in-paint upper right. 49951-3 AL (1,500-3,000)