American School

Description:

American School, 19th Century Fruit in a Basket on a Grassy, Leafy Ground. Bears a label from "The Old Print Shop," New York, on the reverse. Watercolor and ink on paper, 8 1/2 x 9 1/2 in., framed. Condition: Scattered stains and foxing, not examined out of frame. Provenance: Aarne Anton/American Primitive Gallery. Literature: This figure is illustrated in UNEXPECTED ELOQUENCE: THE ART IN AMERICAN FOLK ART, Selections from the Howard Rose/Raymond Saroff American Folk Art Collection, (New York, 1989),published to coincide with their exhibition "The Fine Art of American Folk," The Edith C. Blum Institute, Bard College, 1990.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

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