15th Nov, 2022 12:00 EST
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
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An Adam and Eve hand-decorated letterpress broadside
decorated by Georg Friedrich Speyer (active 1774-1801), circa 1790
Printed and hand-drawn, watercolor and ink on laid paper, framed.
16 in. x 13 in. (sight)
Provenance
Private Collection
Merican & Peskin Gallery, New York, 1990
Property of a New York collector.
Sold for $13,860
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000
Printed and hand-drawn, watercolor and ink on laid paper, framed.
Provenance
Private Collection
Merican & Peskin Gallery, New York, 1990
Property of a New York collector.
Note
The printed form attributed to the Ephrata Cloister Printshop, Ephrata, Lancaster County, PA..
For a very similar example see, (1955.95.2), in the collection of the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library.
