AMERICAN SCHOOL
(Philadelphia, 1825-30)
Pair of Portraits: A Lady and A Gentleman
The Lady: Lace and Frills
oil on canvas
28 x 25 n., frame: 33 3/4 x 30 1/2 in.
The Gentleman: Man with White Stock in Interior
oil on canvas
27 1/2 x 23 in., frame: 33 1/4 x 29 in.
Provenance:
- Found in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1959
- Edith Gregor Halpert, The Downtown Gallery, New York
- Terry Dintenfass, Inc. New York
- Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Cambridge, Maryland
- Kennedy Galleries, New York, 1973 (label verso)
- Private Collection, New York, 1973-1997
- David A. Schorsch American Antiques, 1997 (label verso)
- The Collection of a Boston Family.
Exhibitions:
- Downtown Gallery, New York, 1962.
- ACA Gallery, New York, Survey of American Art. 1965
- Terry Dintenfass, Inc., New York, Edith Gregor Halpert Folk Art Collection, 1972, nos. K257 & K258 (accompanied by a copy of the exhibition catalogue).
- Kennedy Galleries, New York, American Folk Art, 1973
Literature:
- (The Woman), Jean Lipman and Alice Winchester, The Flowering of American Folk Art 1776-1876 , New York, 1974, fig. 19, p. 28.