$2,530
Attributed to Daniel Evans (American, ac. 1838-1850) "The Seat of Gen. James Honeywood of Arkland." Unsigned Mixed media including watercolor, gouache, pen and ink on paper, 9 x 14 1/4 in., framed. Condition: Repairs and creases to margin, unobtrusive staining and toning, tape residue to reverse. N.B. For a related example of the artist's work with a similar treatment of architecture and trees please see Neat and Tidy Boxes and Their Contents Used In Early American Households, Nina Fletcher Little, 1980, pp. 69-72, plate 15. Both Old Sturbridge Village and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center at Colonial Williamsburg have in their collections wooden boxes papered with watercolors depicting architectural subjects enclosed by a border of blocks and squares, as here. Skinner sale 1794, August 10, 1997, lot 9 is another related work by the artist. The Folk Art Biographical Index records Evans as having worked in Hallowell and Augusta, Maine.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2001-06-10
