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Artworks in Arcadja
1Some works of Mary Ann Willson
Extracted between 1 works in the catalog of ArcadjaMary Ann Willson - Tow Sisters
Original
Auction:
Christie's -Jan 20, 2006
- New York
Lot number:
412
Other WORKS AT AUCTION
Description:
MARY ANN WILLSON (WORKING CIRCA 1810-1845)
"Tow Sisters"
watercolor and ink on paper
11¾ x 10 in. sight; 13½ x 11 in. framed
Provenance
Elliot and Grace Snyder, South Egremont, Massachusetts
Sotheby's New York, June 23, 1994, lot 392
Sotheby's New York, October 19, 1996, lot 2
Literature
David A. Schorsch, "Frames Used on American Folk Paintings and Needlework, 1760-1880," The Magazine Antiques (October 1991), p. 576, pl. XX.
Exhibited
New York, "A Tributed to Excellence," David A. Schorsch, Inc., 1989
Lot Notes
Mary Ann Willson lived in upstate New York during the early 1800's, unschooled and somewhat reclusive, her work is strikingly colorful and dynamic in execution. While her subjects often feature the delightful simplicities of life, there appears to be an underlying intensity to her depictions.
Shown within the interior of a room, the reference to the "Tow Sisters" may have been intended to describe "Two Sisters."
A similar work of the same title is illustrated in both Jean Lipman, et al, Five Star Folk Art (New York, 1990), p. 46; and Robert Bishop, et al, The Knopf Collector's Guides to American Antiques: Folk Art (New York, 1983)
"Tow Sisters"
watercolor and ink on paper
11¾ x 10 in. sight; 13½ x 11 in. framed
Provenance
Elliot and Grace Snyder, South Egremont, Massachusetts
Sotheby's New York, June 23, 1994, lot 392
Sotheby's New York, October 19, 1996, lot 2
Literature
David A. Schorsch, "Frames Used on American Folk Paintings and Needlework, 1760-1880," The Magazine Antiques (October 1991), p. 576, pl. XX.
Exhibited
New York, "A Tributed to Excellence," David A. Schorsch, Inc., 1989
Lot Notes
Mary Ann Willson lived in upstate New York during the early 1800's, unschooled and somewhat reclusive, her work is strikingly colorful and dynamic in execution. While her subjects often feature the delightful simplicities of life, there appears to be an underlying intensity to her depictions.
Shown within the interior of a room, the reference to the "Tow Sisters" may have been intended to describe "Two Sisters."
A similar work of the same title is illustrated in both Jean Lipman, et al, Five Star Folk Art (New York, 1990), p. 46; and Robert Bishop, et al, The Knopf Collector's Guides to American Antiques: Folk Art (New York, 1983)