2024-01 Raynors Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/21/2024
The "Abraham Lincoln" 2-1/2" diameter printed left-facing profile signed in the plate by Froese, and recessed with gold painted beading, into presented in a black frame, 4-1/2" x 4-1/2". Edmund Froese (1891-1965) was a listed landscape artist, with a hobby of collecting antique silhouettes of early American figures, some of which he donated to various museums, and the FDR library. He was apparently an enterprising fellow, and had various business ventures to make a living in between his paintings selling, and the creation of the artwork for these silhouettes, a tribute to the early silhouettes that he collected, was one such venture. to the early silhouettes that he collected, was one such venture.
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