AFA Winter 2017

Winter 14 www.afamag.com | www.incollect.com CONTRIBUTORS PUBLISHER AND FOUNDER : EDITOR - IN - CHIEF : EDITOR - AT - LARGE : CREATIVE DIRECTOR : PRODUCTION DIRECTOR : ASSOCIATE EDITOR : SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS : DEALER RELATIONS : ACCOUNT MANAGER : COLOR DIRECTOR : PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR : PRODUCTION ASSISTANT : IS MANAGER : CONTROLLER : John S. Smiroldo Johanna McBrien Jonathan L. Fairbanks Phil Lajoie Marianne Litty Lauren Byrne Roger Good, Jason Kenyon, Brian Mooney Elsa McLaughlin Lauri Hugentobler Rick Marcouillier Curtis Harding Michael Pfister Steve Bendel Thayse Soares TO SUBSCRIBE Call 800.783.4903 4 issues $19.95 (US) 8 issues $29.95 (US) Add $10 per year for Canadian and $40 per year for foreign subscriptions. www.AFAmag.com www.InCollect.com ADVERTISING AND CUSTOMER SERVICE 9 Fowle Street, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801, USA 617.926.0004 / 888.922.0004 Rare Pair of Portraits of a Boy Holding a Red Book and a Girl Holding a Bouquet of Flowers: Probably painted in New England. Unsigned, artist unidentified, ca. 1820-1830. Watercolor on woven paper. In contemporary frames. Condition: Very good, minor toning, recently cleaned. This rare and charming pair of portraits is most likely brother and sister. Although primitive in nature and executed by an itinerant artist, they are well thought out. The draftsmanship of the faces of the sitters is rendered with great attention to the details. One of the more notable qualities of the paintings are the strong, vibrant colors which have aged and oxidized with little fading. Provenance: John Walton, early 1980’s, Griswold, CT; N. Liverant and Son, early 1980’s, Colchester, CT; Mr. and Mrs. Jerome, Jewett City, CT. 26” x 21 1/4 ” framed (each). tillouantiques.com . Litchfield, CT . 860-567-9693 Laura Pass Barry , The Julie Grainger Curator of Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Williamsburg, VA. Page 82 . Lydia Mattice Brandt , Associate professor of art and architectural history, University of South Carolina. Columbia, S.C. Page 106 . Heather Campbell Coyle , Chief curator and curator of American Art, Delaware Art Museum. Wilmington, Del. Page 96 . Ulysses Grant Dietz , Chief curator and curator of decorative arts, Newark Museum. Newark, N.J. Page 78 . Ada T. Erby , Associate curator, George Washington’s Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon, VA. Page 106 . Ryan Grover , Curator of the Biggs Museum of American Art. Dover, Del. Page 70 . Courtney Leigh Harris , Curatorial research fellow, Decorative Arts and Sculpture Art of Europe, Museum of Fine Art, Boston. Boston, Mass. Page 122 . Laura C. Keim , Stenton’s curator and lecturer for the University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA. Page 112 . Lea C. Lane , The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Curatorial Intern, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Williamsburg, VA. Page 125 . James McClelland , Collector. Delaware. Page 77 . Michael and Suzanne Payne , Independent scholars. New York. Page 90 .