Lot 23: “Let Us Pray” Watercolor

Estimate: $1,000 – $1,500

19th c. watercolor on paper, two kneeling children facing each other and praying, titled “Let us Pray”, with a surround of green leaves and yellow flowers, in an early grain paint simulated tiger maple frame, with raised sunburst corner blocks and early glass, attributed to a Taufshein Artist of the Mahantongo Valley, PA; exhibited at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, “Decorated Furniture of the Mahantongo Valley, Center Gallery”, October 9-November 20, 1987; sold Christie’s Auction, October 1, 1988, Lot 87, Sale #6666; (ex. Fertig collection).