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Ferdinand Brader (1833-1901) Lived/Active: Ohio

Creator: Ferdinand A. Brader
Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
Residence of Adam and Caroline Waltz, Mapleton Stark Co. OH.
Signed: FA Brader 740 (l.r.)
Ca. 1875
Graphite pencil on paper
35 3/4" x 46 1/2" sight size; 47" x 58 1/2" framed
Condition: Over-all toning to paper, oxidation from original backboards, now conserved with an acid-free mat.
Brader is primarily known for his large scale, detailed views of farms and family residences done in graphite pencil. This drawing has survived in remarkable condition and is one of the finer examples known. Brader started numbering his drawings in Pennsylvania (the first 300) and continued in Ohio where the highest known number is 950. His works are in collections of the Chicago Institute, The Canton Museum of Art and The McKinley Museum of Canton, Ohio.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Graphite on paper
Condition:	Excellent.
Creation Date:	Ca. 1875
Styles / Movements:	Other
Dealer Reference #:	WoA-WoP-GP 001
Incollect Reference #:	187284

Dimensions

W.	58.5 in;	H.	47 in;
W.	148.59 cm;	H.	119.38 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.