Lot 153: 19th C. Portrait of Young Gentleman

Estimate: $1,000 – $1,500

Oil on canvas portrait of man with his dog, dated “March 1857”, signed on l.l. side of frame and scrolled in yellow “L.K. Rowe”, and inscribed on reverse “For himself and his affectionate Dog”, (note: L.K. Rowe is listed as a painter in Salem, Mass. in American Primitive Paintings by Jean Lipman, N.Y., 1942, p. 156; also printed in The Magazine Antiques, “A collection of American Folk Paintings, Oct. 1975, p. 770, Howard A. Feldman”), exhibited at the Lyman Allen Museum, New London, CT, 1935; and the Morris Museum, NJ Collector Series, April-June 1991, The Fertig Folk Art Collection; sold at Sotheby’s sale #5744, “The American Folk Art Collection of Howard and Catherine Feldman”, lot 28, June 23, 1998; 25 3/4″ x 18 1/2″, (ex. Fertig collection).