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The Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Flack

Sat, Oct 27, 2012 09:00AM EDT
Lot 181

Pennsylvania watercolor on paper fraktur drawing,r

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500
Sold for
$5,925
Sold Price includes BP

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Pennsylvania watercolor on paper fraktur drawing, probably Montgomery County, depicting a robed figure, possibly a saint, holding a book in one hand and a heart shaped key in the other, within an oval and surrounded by a tulip vine with faces in the flowers, in a carved and polychrome decorated frame, 4 1/2" x 3 1/2". For a similar example, see The Pennsylvania German Fraktur of the Free Library of Philadelphia, plate 166.

Condition

Small hole to upper right corner. Minor toning. Very tiny loss to top edge and right edge. Not examined out of frame. Not glued down.