The Donald F. Moylan, M.D. Collection of American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts, Part II

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Lot 174

A Hand-Drawn Map of the Central States

pastel and ink on paper
titled Central States / Domin: of Canada and signed and dated Made by Otto I. Leisy 1876., lower register
11 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches.

The historical record documents an Otto I. Leisy, born in Keokuk, Iowa to German immigrants on May 1, 1863. In 1873, Leisy, his parents, and siblings relocated to Cleveland, Ohio, where Leisy and his two brothers opened The Leisy Brewery on Vega Avenue. By 1880, Leisy bought out his brothers' interests and expanded his operations to an eight-acre brewing campus. As a result of his fine entrepreneurial acumen, the brewery thrived in the decades before Prohibition, and Leisy, along with his wife and four children, became very wealthy. An obituary published in the Newark Star-Eagle thusly records his passing in 1914:

"Cleveland, O., March 2. -- A cerebral hemorrhage yesterday caused the death of Otto I. Leisy, fifty, millionaire brewer, nationally known to German-Americans for his benefactions. He died the very day on which he formally presented to the city [of Cleveland] $50,000 for the construction of a model playground."

Both Keokuk and Cleveland are prominently featured in the map offered here, suggesting that the drawing may have illustrated the eastward route followed by Leisy and his family.

Framed: 16 3/8 x 13 3/8 inches.

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Mr. Fisher rejoined the firm in 2019 after working as a specialist in the American Furniture and Folk Art department at Sotheby’s New York. His areas of expertise include 18th, 19th, and 20th century American, Continental, and English furniture, decorative and folk art. Before coming to Hindman in 2013, Mr. Fisher worked in European Furniture and Decorative Arts in Philadelphia. He began his career working for a prints dealer focusing on works from the 16th through the 20th centuries.

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AVP, Specialist, American Furniture, Folk, and Decorative Arts

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Ms. Vogelpohl joined the firm in 2013 as a cataloger in the American and European Furniture and Decorative Arts department. She became a department specialist in 2017, focusing on American decorative arts and silver. She received a BA from the College of Charleston and an MLITT in Art History from the University of Glasgow.

The Donald F. Moylan, M.D. Collection of American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts, Part II

A Hand-Drawn Map of the Central States

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