FOLKART PORTRAIT WATERCOLOR, JOSEPH DAVIS
Joseph H. Davis, New Hampshire (1811-1865)
woman in black dress, collar and apron holding purse and book, flowering potted plant on patterned carpet, spandrels to corners, inscribed below in ink Delia Varney. Aged 35 Years October 26th 1837.
watercolor and pen on paper, 10.5" by 7.25" (sight), original frame
Prov.: Stephen Score Antiques, Essex, MA, 1981
Another portrait of Delia Varney dated 1837 is in the collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and is illustrated in Block and Lipman's 'American Folk Painting' (fig. 73); ans as Color Plate XV in 'Karolik Collection of American Water Colors and Drawings', vol.2.
Painting has been spaced and separated from the backboards by the insertion of a rag mat.
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Realized: $4,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 73 : FOLKART PORTRAIT WATERCOLOR, JOSEPH DAVIS
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