DAVID KULP, BROWN LEAF ARTIST
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN COLLECTION
DAVID KULP, BROWN LEAF ARTIST

A BOOKPLATE FRAKTUR AND SONGBOOK FOR MARIA OBERHOLTZER

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DAVID KULP, BROWN LEAF ARTIST
A BOOKPLATE FRAKTUR AND SONGBOOK FOR MARIA OBERHOLTZER
watercolor and ink on paper
bookplate: 4 x 7 ½ in. (sight)
music: 4 x 7 ¾ in. (sight)
book: 4 ½ x 8 in.
dated 1821
Provenance
The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Scott
Christie’s, New York, 11 June 1994, lot 397
Paul Flack, Holicong, Pennsylvania
Pook & Pook, Ludwigs Corner, Pennsylvania, 28 October 2000, lot 170
David Wheatcroft, Westborough, Massachusetts

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Lot Essay


David Kulp served the community of Bucks County, Pennsylvania in several capacities, most notably as a scrivener. Developing his skills at an early age, Kulp studied under fraktur artist John Adam Eyer from 1782 to 1786. Kulp’s excellent penmanship quickly garnered attention and soon he developed a unique style exemplified by the present lot. This lot features his iconic, evenly spaced borders, slender leaves climbing up vines, circular reserves, typically full compositions and a preponderance of his favored colours, browns, blacks, reds and yellows.

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