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Premier Auction - Session II - March 25, 2023

Sat, Mar 25, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 944

Ammi Phillips

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(American, 1788-1865)

Portrait of a Lady in a White Lace Bonnet, unsigned, oil on canvas, 33 x 25 in.; fine period carved gilt wood frame, 41 x 33in.

Literature: My People: The Works of Ammi Phillips, by David R. Allaway https://issuu.com/n2xb/docs/ammi_phillips_-_abstract__thumbnail, number 683.

Condition

lined, mostly stabilized crackle, areas of retouch; frame with wear commensurate with age, separation at corners

Sotheby's, New York, NY, Important Americanam January 1988, sold for $13,000; Private Collection, Middleburg, Virginia