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PORTRAIT OF TWO CALICO CATS

Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
Artist unidentified, New England, ca. 1820.
Oil on canvas.
22 ½” x 26 ½”; 27 x 30 ¾” with frame.
Over-all in fine condition, wax lined mounted on new stretchers. In a period yellow painted frame.
Provenance: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tillou; Exhibited at The William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, Connecticut.

This rare folk art painting of two Calico Cats, probably mother and kitten, pose in front of a wonderful landscape view. This unidentified itinerant artist captures the personality and disposition of these charming cats, a characteristic loved by folk art collectors.

More Information

Period:	19th Century
Styles / Movements:	Folk Art
Dealer Reference #:	WoA-AMP-OC 667
Incollect Reference #:	648437

Dimensions

W.	30 in;	H.	27 in;
W.	76.2 cm;	H.	68.58 cm;

Message from Seller:

Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.