Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2608MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 12, 2012 10:00AM
Description:
Two Framed Leaping Stag Calligraphic Exercises, America, 19th century, ink on paper, the larger excecise inscribed "Drawn by William Curtis Mar 13 1894 Kirksville Mercantile College Kirksville Mo.," sight size 18 1/2 x 24 1/2; the smaller example with red and gold highlights and accented with quill pen and grain stalks is inscribed "David Tobias/A.J. Mc Gill," sight size 14 3/4 x 18 3/4 in., both in period molded giltwood frames.
Estimate $600-800
Minor creass to smaller work.