Lot Essay
This drawing is included in the Bucks County Fraktur Survey.
SCHOOL OF GEORGE GERHART, BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, MID-19TH CENTURY
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A WATERCOLOR AND INK DECORATED DRAWING
School of George Gerhart, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, mid-19th century
Centering a tapering red and black diamond decorated stem embellished with red and brown leaves below two segmented double-petalled red, brown and yellow flowers, the stem flanked on either side by yellow and red-striped birds with brown wings and head, and stylized tails, all on a geometric decorated border
6in. high x 4¼in. wide
School of George Gerhart, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, mid-19th century
Centering a tapering red and black diamond decorated stem embellished with red and brown leaves below two segmented double-petalled red, brown and yellow flowers, the stem flanked on either side by yellow and red-striped birds with brown wings and head, and stylized tails, all on a geometric decorated border
6in. high x 4¼in. wide
Literature
Frederick Weiser, The Gift is Small, The Love is Great (York: York Graphic Services, Inc., 1994) fig. 88, p.94.
Exhibited
New York City, Museum of American Folk Art, "The Gift is Small, The Love is Great," 21 January-21 April 1995.