John Ritto Penniman

Lot 220: JOHN RITTO PENNIMAN (1782-1841)

Name: JOHN RITTO PENNIMAN (1782-1841)
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: f702bb5e2f

Est: $3,000 USD - $5,000 USDSold:

Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USJanuary 20, 2012

Item Overview

Description

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANN AND PHILIP HOLZER
PROFILE BUST PORTRAIT OF ISIAH LANE
Initialled I.L. Aet 31, by JRP, July 16th 1835.

Bears Nina Fletcher Little's jelly label on the back.
watercolor, pen, and ink on paper
8 3/4 in. by 6 3/4 in.

Artist or Maker

John Ritto Penniman

Exhibited

Worcester, Massachusetts, The Worcester Art Museum, "Exhibition of John Ritto Penniman," 1982, number 30.82.

Literature

Carol Damon Andrews, "John Ritto Penniman (1782-1841), An Ingenious New England Artist." Antiques (July 1981), p. 147-170, fig. 15.

Provenance

The Collection of Edgar William Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, sale 3981, lot 571, January 29, 1977;

Childs Gallery, Boston;

The Bertram K. Little and Nina Fletcher Little Collection, a sale at Sotheby's, sale 6612, lot 1001, October 22, 1994.

Auction Details

Important Americana: Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Porcelain, Prints and Carpets

Sotheby's

January 20, 2012, 12:00 PM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US

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