Provenance:

Property from the Estate of Mrs. George S. Franklin, Jr., Oyster Bay, New York;

Schwenke Auctioneers, Woodbury, Connecticut, January 31, 2018, January Auction - The Franklin Estate, lot 79.

Note:

Mrs. George S. Franklin was the granddaughter of Sen. Nelson Aldrich of Rhode Island and niece of Lucy Aldrich and Mary Aldrich Rockefeller, co-founder of MOMA, whose collection also formed the basis of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum.

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