Jan 23, 2014 - Sale 2337

Sale 2337 - Lot 183

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
HENRY G. PLUMB.
Group of 5 images of animals. Mixed media and sizes as noted, all framed. Most are Plumb's charming genre scenes (marked as such on label) that he did as jobwork for various publications. Largest image is 368x267 mm; 14 1/2x10 1/2. Signed lower margins. Circa 1880s-90.

Additional Details

"Fido." Pastel, watercolor, ink, and wash. Dated 1890 on contemporary label on verso Acrylic on canvas of a close-up encounter of a black-and-white cat staring at a mouse on a rope. Signed and dated 1892 lower left "City Sparrows." Acrylic on canvas. With title and date tag on verso. 1883 "The Eavesdrop." Watercolor and wash. 1903 Mounted to frame verso are the title label in Plumb's hand, a tag with date and title, and an early exhibition tag from The Anderson Galleries where this work was shown (no year given) Unsigned acrylic of a Jersey cow, circa 1890.