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Lot 178
Sale 1310 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana
Feb 27, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$5,000 -
7,000
Price Realized
$3,810
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Lot Description
[ART]. [WEEDEN, Maria Howard (1847-1905)]. Portrait of an elderly African American woman.
Watercolor, n.d., on 9 x 11 in. board (toning, some residue near top edge, minimal spotting). Signed lower left.
Maria Howard Weeden, who signed her work and published as Howard Weeden, was an American artist and poet based in Huntsville, Alabama. She was well-known for her nuanced portraits of formerly enslaved people.
Property from the Collection of George C. Kaiser, Milwaukee, Wisconsin