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Lot 68

Sale 5214 - The Art of Gathering
Dec 7, 2023 11:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$400 - 600
Price Realized
$536
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A group of four botanical watercolor drawings, 19th / 20th century

Comprising two works by Arthur D. Marble (19th / 20th century), including one inscribed, “Dasystoma Pedicularia. B./ Gerardia Pedicularia. L./ Fern-leaved false foxglove/ Lousewort/ Feverweed/ Scrophulariaceae/ Figwort Family/ Mt. Vernon St., Lawrence./ Sept. 1917,” signed, “Arthur D. Marble del. et pxt.,” l.l., and the other inscribed, “Compositae/ Composite family/ Button snakeroot/ Blazing-Star/ Liatris squarrosa/ Perrenial herb/ So. Lawrence-plentiful/ Sept. 23-1906,” signed, “Arthur D. Marble del. et pxt.,” l.l., both matted and framed, the mats painted with insects; and two works, one depicting milkweed with insects, the other depicting a wild white rose, faintly signed or inscribed, l.r., both professionally matted and framed.

12 ¾ in. x 7 ¾ in. (Arthur D. Marble, sight), 18 ¼ in. x 14 in. (others, sight), 17 in. x 13 in. and 27 ½ in. x 23 in. (frames)

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