Lot Essay
This charming portrait was the Goodmans' last purchase of Americana recorded in Peter Goodman's Notebook.
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PORTRAIT OF A LADY WITH AN ORANGE BOOK AND FLOWERS
Details
ATTRIBUTED TO JANE ANTHONY DAVIS (1821-1855)
PORTRAIT OF A LADY WITH AN ORANGE BOOK AND FLOWERS
watercolor and pencil on paper
5 3⁄4 x 4 3⁄8 in.
PORTRAIT OF A LADY WITH AN ORANGE BOOK AND FLOWERS
watercolor and pencil on paper
5 3⁄4 x 4 3⁄8 in.
Provenance
Herbert W. Hemphill, Jr., New York
Norbert H. and Gail Savage, Strafford, New Hampshire
Christie's, New York, 18-19 January 2007, lot 267
Austin T. Miller, Columbus, Ohio
Acquired from above, March 2008
Norbert H. and Gail Savage, Strafford, New Hampshire
Christie's, New York, 18-19 January 2007, lot 267
Austin T. Miller, Columbus, Ohio
Acquired from above, March 2008
Literature
Gail and Norbert H. Savage and Esther Sparks, Three New England Watercolor Painters (Chicago, 1974), p. 54, no. 25.
Peter Goodman, Notebook, no. 1025.
Peter Goodman, Notebook, no. 1025.
Exhibited
New York, Museum of American Folk Art, before 1969
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, St. Louis, The St. Louis Art Museum, Williamsburg, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, Manchester, New Hampshire, The Currier Gallery of Art, Three New England Watercolor Painters, 16 November-22 December 1974 (Chicago), 17 January-2 March 1975 (St. Louis), 25 March-11 May 1975 (Williamsburg), 1 June-1 September 1975 (Manchester).
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, St. Louis, The St. Louis Art Museum, Williamsburg, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, Manchester, New Hampshire, The Currier Gallery of Art, Three New England Watercolor Painters, 16 November-22 December 1974 (Chicago), 17 January-2 March 1975 (St. Louis), 25 March-11 May 1975 (Williamsburg), 1 June-1 September 1975 (Manchester).
Brought to you by
Cara Zimmerman
Head of Americana and Outsider Art