The bold colors and graphic design of these paintings impart a strong folk art quality.
Artist Unknown, American
1850-70
Oil on a fine cotton ground on original primitive pine strainers. Contemporary frames. A few minor spots of in-painting.
24" x 16 1/4" (marble table); 24" x 15 1/4" (red table cloth)
Provenance: Kinnaman and Ramaekers; Private NY collection. A related painting, probably by the same artist, is illustrated in "The Kennedy Quarterly", Vol. XIII, Number One, January 1974.