Sold for:
$11,500

Jacob Maentel(American, 1763-1863) - Watercolor on paper interior scene depicting a woman seated at a table in a decorated windsor armchair, wearing a blue dress and lace bonnet, and holding a book in one hand and eye glasses in the other, the room setting with Chippendale mirror hanging on the wall and bold red, blue, and green striped floor, 11 1/2" x 7 1/2", in a bold tiger maple frame. For similar examples, see the collection of H. William Koch, Pook & Pook, June 1999 , lots 106 and 140; and American Folk Painters of Three Centuries by Jean Lipman & Tom Armstrong, pgs. 116-123.


Pook & Pook

Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook

Date:
2004-10-08