April 8, 2025
Attributed to The Reading Artist, and Edward Richards, Two Works: Small Portrait of Esther Bast and Small Portrait of a Lady, dated "1844" and circa 1840, respectively
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The portrait of Esther Bast shown depicting her seated in a rocking chair, inscribed and dated, "Esther Bast 1844," l.c., retaining American Folk Art Gallery label verso, framed; the portrait of a lady shown depicting her on a veranda with castle and river landscape in the background, signed, "Edward Richards/ Newtown," l.r., framed. 11 in. x 7 7/8 in. (largest, sight) and 10 3/4 in. x 9 in. (smallest, sight), 16 1⁄2 in. x 13 1/8 in. (frame) and 12 7/8 in. x 11 1/8 in. (frame)Esther Bast: Edith Gregor Halpert, American Folk Art Gallery, New York,Richard Wood, Baltimore, Maryland,Sotheby's, New York, The Collection of M. Austin and Jill R. Fine, January 30, 1987, lot 951Property of a New York collector.
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