Sold for:
$3,744
$3,744
Johann Henrich Otto(Lancaster and Northumberland Counties, Pennsylvania, active 1762-1797) - Spiritual labyrinth (irrgarten) broadside, hand-drawn and colored on a block printed form, with central maze flanked by typical winged hearts with faces, birds, stylized flowers, and trailing vines, dated 1785, executed in vibrant red, green, blue, and yellow, 21 1/4" x 16 1/2". Pictured in Fraktur Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts , by Dr. Donald A. Shelley, plate 38. For similar examples, see The Pennsylvania German Fraktur of the Free Library of Philadelphia , plates 285 and 286.
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2004-10-08
