06-04-200606-04-2006
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2322Boston
June 4, 2006 11:00 AMCalender
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Batchelder Family Record

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Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2322Location: BostonDate / Time: June 04, 2006 11:00AM

Description:

Batchelder Family Record, "Heart and Hand Artist" (Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire, active 1830-1855),watercolor and ink on paper commemorating the births, marriages, and deaths of John and Betsey Batchelder, John's second wife Mary Folsom, and their four children, the top panel ornamented with swags, the register with polychrome hearts, hands, a weeping willow tree, and a monument, the last entry date done by the artist's hand is Feb. 27, 1842, 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 in., in a period gilt and blue painted wood frame.



Literature: A family record executed by the same artist is illustrated in By Good Hands: New Hampshire Folk Art, cooperative exhibition catalog with The Currier Gallery of Art, University Art Galleries, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, 1989, p. 38; also in Folk Hearts: A Celebration of the Heart Motif in American Folk Art, by Schaffner, Cynthia V. A. and Klein, Susan, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1984, on p. 55.
Estimate $8,000-10,000

Keywords

New Hampshire, John Batchelder, Maine, Mary Folsom, Vermont, Betsey Batchelder, Hand Artist , same artist , University of New Hampshire, Durham, The Currier Gallery of Art, University Art Galleries, University of New Hampshire, Alfred A. Knopf, Cynthia V