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Description:
Asahel Lynde Powers (Vermont, 1813-1843)
Man with Quill
Signed and inscribed "Ptd, by A.L. Powers/Springfield, Vt. June 24th, 1836" on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 25 3/4 x 25 in., in a split-baluster frame.
Condition: Unlined, two punctures in upper half repaired with mattress ticking with associated inpainting, minor inpainting elsewhere.
Provenance: Fred Haight, Coxsackie, New York; Skinner, May 11, 1978, Lot 58.
Literature: Asahel Powers, Painter of Vermont Faces, exhibition catalog, plate 39.
Exhibitions: Asahel Powers, Painter of Vermont Faces, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, Williamsburg, Virginia, October 14-December 2, 1973; Reflections of 19th Century America: Folk Art from the Collection of Sybil B. and Arthur B. Kern, Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, Massachusetts, September 19, 1979-June 15, 1980.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Keywords
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk, Arthur B. Kern, Skinner, Sybil, Fred Haight, Asahel Lynde, Asahel Powers, Williamsburg, Lexington
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