Attributed to Sheldon Peck, Pair of Twins
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Description
(American, 1797-1868)
Pair of Folk Portraits; Fraternal Twins, unsigned, each oil on canvas, each 17 x 14 in.; matching period carved and paint decorated folk art frames, 20-3/4 x 17-1/2 in.
Provenance: Private Collection, Felicity, Ohio; Bernard Barenholtz, Marlboro, New Hampshire; Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, January 28-31, 1987, sale 5551, lots 1104 through 1110; Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture and Folk Art, January 20, 2012, sale 2533, lot 198, sold for $15,000; Property from the John B. Schorsch Collection
Condition
wax lined, replaced stretchers, stabilized crackle, areas of retouch, boy with surface scratch to varnish at right side: frame with attractive patina, wear commensurate with age, abrasions, cracks to corner blocks
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