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Lot 157 - Grouping of 20 Antique Pen and Pencil Sketches Including Portraits, Coastal Scene, Goat, Flowers, and "An Old Salt" Pipe Smoker, with Decorative "Sketches" Cover Sheet
Lot 157 - Grouping of 20 Antique Pen and Pencil Sketches Including Portraits, Coastal Scene, Goat, Flowers, and "An Old Salt" Pipe Smoker, with Decorative "Sketches" Cover Sheet
Grouping of 20 antique pen and pencil sketches on loose sheets, gathered with a decorative cover sheet hand-lettered "Sketches" and embellished with drawings of fuchsia blossoms, a lily, and a faint pencil sketch of a dog. Subjects across the group include portrait studies of men and women in profile, a coastal scene with a figure standing beside a beached boat with a sailboat on the horizon, a goat, and a pipe-smoking man captioned "An Old Salt." One portrait is inscribed "Kenyon Cox. Artist" beneath a profile bust of the American painter.
The sheets show toning, edge wear, and occasional creasing consistent with age and handling. The sketches are executed in varying degrees of finish, ranging from detailed ink work to light pencil studies.
Dimensions:
Dimensions of items in this lot range from 6-1/4" W x 5-1/8" H to 7-7/8" W x 9-7/8" H.