Antoinette "Nettie" Cortrite (Active 1887, Michigan)
Sale 993 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
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Mar 10, 2022
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Estimate
$4,000 -
6,000
Price Realized
$7,500
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Lot Description
Antoinette "Nettie" Cortrite (Active 1887, Michigan)
Fanning Mill Factory
1887
oil on board
18 x 24 inches.
Provenance:
Mrs. Craig, Grand Blanc, Michigan;
Henry and Evelyn Raskin, Holly, Michigan, 1974;
Balcony Row Antiques, Holly, Michigan;
Dr. and Mrs. Fouad A. Rabiah, Flint, Michigan, 1985;
Estate of Margaret E. Rabiah, Flint, Michigan, 2021.
Exhibition:
Kresge Art Gallery at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, Michigan Folk Art: Its beginnings to 1941, August 29 - October 10, 1976;
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan, on extended loan 1990s-2021.
Literature:
Michigan Folk Art: Its beginnings to 1941, (1976: Michigan State University Board of Trustees, East Lansing, Michigan), p. 41, cat. no. 64 (illustrated);
C. Kurt Dewhurst, Betty and Marsha MacDowell, Artists in Aprons: Folk Art by American Woman, (1979: E.P. Dutton, New York), fig. 90 (illustrated);
Robert Bishop, Folk Painters of America (1979: E.P. Dutton, New York), p. 215, fig. 329 (illustrated).
1887
oil on board
18 x 24 inches.
Provenance:
Mrs. Craig, Grand Blanc, Michigan;
Henry and Evelyn Raskin, Holly, Michigan, 1974;
Balcony Row Antiques, Holly, Michigan;
Dr. and Mrs. Fouad A. Rabiah, Flint, Michigan, 1985;
Estate of Margaret E. Rabiah, Flint, Michigan, 2021.
Exhibition:
Kresge Art Gallery at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, Michigan Folk Art: Its beginnings to 1941, August 29 - October 10, 1976;
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan, on extended loan 1990s-2021.
Literature:
Michigan Folk Art: Its beginnings to 1941, (1976: Michigan State University Board of Trustees, East Lansing, Michigan), p. 41, cat. no. 64 (illustrated);
C. Kurt Dewhurst, Betty and Marsha MacDowell, Artists in Aprons: Folk Art by American Woman, (1979: E.P. Dutton, New York), fig. 90 (illustrated);
Robert Bishop, Folk Painters of America (1979: E.P. Dutton, New York), p. 215, fig. 329 (illustrated).
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