Exhibited American School W/C Dog Trot House. Edwardsville Illinois. Signed 1857

Description: For sale is a wonderful American school watercolor painting that came out of a very important collection of western frontier paintings prints and drawings from the well-known Arthur J Phelan Jr collection. This painting was widely exhibited. Provenance: Arthur J. Phelan Jr. Collection Exhibited: Nassau County Museum Of Art: WINDOWS ON THE WEST; (Views of the American Frontier from the Phelan Collection), 2002. Heard museum of art, Dartmouth College, Beyond the Great River, 19th Century Views of the American West from the Phelan Collection 1996; Washington County Museum of Art 1996–1997; The Mitchell Gallery St. John’s College Annapolis Maryland, Phelan Collection of American Art 2000; Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Bethesda, MD, Art of the American West, Phelan Collection 2000 The Arthur J. Phelan Jr. Collection is a well known collection of art from the Mid West to Western American frontier. Phelan was been drawn toward images containing little action and less bombast, many made by people simply trying to record what they saw. This painting features an anonymous artist’s depiction of a dogtrot house which, according to the info label on the back was in Edwardsville Illinois in 1857. The dogtrot, also known as a breezeway house, dog-run, or possum-trot, is a style of house that was common throughout the Southeastern United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Some theories place its origins in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Some scholars believe the style developed in the post-Revolution frontiers of Kentucky and Tennessee. In the painting a woman sits on the porch step in her best dress as a man seems to be courting her or professing his undying love for her. He lays on his side and tips his cap to her as if gesturing some romantic remarks. A wonderful mid western American School work featuring a conjoined dogtrot yes with a quaint romantic element to it. One can certainly see why this was in such an esteemed collection of American Frontier artwork. The painting is signed J. S. (DEL). Del being the abbreviation of the Latin “Delineavit”, meaning “J. S. (Drew this). Or painted this picture. Condition: Pale staining/Toning. Moisture stain near upper right. Otherwise good. Gallery framed under glass Measurements Framed - 21” x 25” Sight - 9 1/2” x 15 1/2” Not Examined Out Of Frame

Price: 1500 USD

Location: Kingston, New York

End Time: 2025-01-14T19:34:08.000Z

Shipping Cost: 29.5 USD