Lot 276: Five Piece Folk Art Group
Five Piece Folk Art Group to include
Two Pennsylvania Dutch Style Folk Art Painted Panels
pair of painted wood panels decorated with stylized folk motifs in the Pennsylvania German tradition, one depicting a gentleman in a top hat among flowering vines and the other a distelfink-style bird with radiating halo-like decoration
11″ x 8 1/2″ each
brown and white dairy cow shown in profile standing on a green ground against a blue sky
Oil on canvas
Inscribed on verso “Althea ’39 Butter”
8″ x 14″ canvas
together with two sporting dog scenes, one oil on wood panel depicting a seated hunting dog in a landscape with distant trees and brush, the other oil on masonite of a brown and white pointer shown in profile on a grassy field, signed lower left Cook, American, early 20th century
Provenance: From the Estate of Robyn Gebroe, West Orange, NJ
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Estimate: $100- $300
Auction Date: April 25, 2026
