The D. Bertholf Auction: Tractors, Implements, Guns, Stoneware and Artwork
Lot 609:
Description
This is a limited edition collector print after an original watercolor by Paul Sawyier (American, 1865-1917) titled The Fountain. The artwork illustrates a rain-softened scene on Wapping Street in Frankfort, Kentucky, featuring an ornate lamppost fountain as the focal point. Figures carrying umbrellas are shown on a wet sidewalk near the entrance of the former Post Office, which now serves as the Paul Sawyier Library. The artist signature is present in the lower-left corner within the plate. A label on the verso from Paul Sawyier Galleries, Inc., Frankfort, Kentucky, is dated 1973 and certifies this as one of 4,000 collector prints. The piece is mounted with double matting in a gilded and distressed wooden frame.Frame height: 14.375 inchesFrame width: 18.625 inches.
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