The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art | Skinner Auction 3121M

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313 Henry Walton (American, 1804-1865) Pair of Miniature Portraits of a Man and Wife Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, 2 3/8 x 1 7/8 in., in giltbrass frames. Condition: No apparent damage. Provenance: Lewis Scranton, Killingworth, Connecticut, March 13, 1993. $1,000-1,500

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Portrait of a Lady in a Printed Dress Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, 3 1/2 x 2 5/8 in., in a wood and pressed brass frame. Condition: Pigment loss in the white areas and chair, not examined out of frame. Provenance: Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Sotheby Parke Bernet, April 29, 1977, Lot 317. $1,200-1,800 315 American School, Late 18th Century Portrait of a Gentleman in a Blue Jacket Holding a Book Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, 3 1/2 x 2 5/8 in., in a wood and pressed brass frame. Condition: No obvious damage, not examined out of frame. Provenance: Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Sotheby Parke Bernet, April 29, 1977, Lot 317. Exhibitions: 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. $1,000-1,500 316 American School, 19th Century Miniature Portrait of a Young Woman Unsigned. Watercolor on ivory, 3 x 2 1/2 in., in a black japanned frame. Condition: No obvious damage, not examined out of frame.

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Provenance: Garbisch Collection, Sotheby Parke Bernet, January 27, 1977, Lot 480. $400-600


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