Feb 27, 2007 - Sale 2105

Sale 2105 - Lot 284

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(MILITARY--FOLK ART.) WWI soldier. Watercolor and crayon portrait with an oval photograph (14x11 inches) in the center, surrounded by a hand-drawn American flag, total size 19 3/4x15 3/4 inches. In an early 20th-century oak frame. Np, circa 1919-20

Additional Details

While crayon portraits from this period are not uncommon, the quality of the work in the present example is unusually inventive.