Ruth Whittier Shute (1803-1882) and Samuel A. Shute (1803-1836) Portrait of a Young Woman in a Black Gown

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Ruth Whittier Shute (1803-1882) and Samuel A. Shute (1803-1836)

Portrait of a Young Woman in a Black Gown
Unsigned.
Watercolor and pencil on paper, 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 in., in a gilt molded frame.
Condition: Water staining at right edge, not examined out of frame.

Provenance: Judy Lenett, Silver Spring Farm, Ridgefield, Connecticut; Mike Gordon, September 13, 1981.
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $3,000-5,000


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