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Feb 21, 2015 - Feb 22, 2015
Isaac Augustus Wetherby (American, 1819-1904)
Folk Portraits of Mr. & Mrs. Haven B. Sargent of Boston
oil on canvas
both signed and dated on front of canvas and verso, and bearing stamps of Boston artists' store Hollis & Wheeler
both housed in gilt frames
30 x 24.5 in. (sight)
The lot also includes documentation about the pair of portraits and the artist: a copy of the 1845 oage of Wetherby's account book in which he listed the two paintings, and a copy of an article about Wetherby published in Folk Art in in 2007.
One patch repair to back of Mr. and two on Mrs. Small areas of craquelure on both.
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