(ART FOLK ART) Full length watercolor portrait of a black w

Sale 2171 - Lot 141

Price Realized: $ 1,320

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

(ART--FOLK ART.) Full-length watercolor portrait of a black woman. 10x6 1/2 Paper attached to wood; some wrinkling and cracking to the paper; damp-stain to the right margin, not affecting the image, in an early Empire period frame. Np, circa 1850-1860

Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

A lovely folk-art portrait of a well-dressed black woman, holding a sprig of flowers in one hand and a small book--possibly a prayer book or catechism--in the other. From the style of her dress and pose, the woman does not seem to be a servant.