Attributed to Joseph H. Davis (Maine, New Hampshire, 1811-1865) Portrait of a Mother and Son.

Description:

Attributed to Joseph H. Davis (Maine, New Hampshire, 1811-1865)

Portrait of a Mother and Son. Unsigned. Watercolor on paper, 9 3/4 x 11 3/4 in., in a period painted molded wood frame. Condition: Repair, minor toning, cleaned.

Provenance: collection of Isabella Carleton Wilde, collection of Harpo Marx, Edith Gregor Halpert, retaining a paper label from the American Folk Art Gallery, New York, which states it was originally from New England.

Exhibitions: New York, The Downtown Gallery, Inter-American Folk Arts, December, 1942; American Folk Art, April, 1954; New York, The Downtown Gallery, Gallery Purchases, June, 1955; Houston, The Houston Mueum of Fine Art, January, 1956; New York, The Museum of American Folk Art, April, 1964.

Literature: Three New England Watercolor Painters, Gail Savage, Norbert H. Savage, Esther Sparks, (Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, 1974),catalog of known works of Joseph H. Davis, p. 64, no. 108.
Estimate $6,000-8,000

Expertly repaired tear in upper backgrounf from center to rt. side.


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