1351

$5,036.25

SARAH WATTS C___? (American, Albany, NY 1842) PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM WATTS ON HIS ROCKING HORSE.

Oil on canvas scene shows a young boy wearing a green dress with white lace collar. He sits atop a palomino style rocking horse in a room setting with green and orange striped wallpaper. Housed in its original gilt carved wood frame. NOTE: This painting came out of Erie, PA with a provenance of Mary Cramer Currie of Canton, Ohio. It was in bad condition with missing section in the upper wallpaper area. On the back of the canvas was written what we have put in the title. Sarah’s last name is obscured. REFERENCE: Page 87 of Folk Painters of America by Robert Bishop. This painting illustrated appears to be the same sitter & same rocking horse. SIZE: 28″ x 22″ Overall: 34″ x 28″ PROVENANCE: From a private New Jersey Collection; James D. Julia, Aug. 23rd, 2001 CONDITION: The painting has been restored & relined and placed back on its original stretcher and it its original frame. Restorer was Mike Wadnick of St. Paul, MN. Before pictures accompany the lot, very good 9-90620 (1,500-2,500) – Lot 1351

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Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - February 2015

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