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Saturday Evening Girls
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Saturday Evening Girls
- Landscape Bowl
- with painted mark S.E.G./5 13 and S.G.
- glazed earthenware executed in the cuerda seca technique
decorated by Sara Galner
Literature
Meg Chalmers and Judy Young, Saturday Evening Girls: Paul Revere Pottery, Atglen, PA, 2005, p. 216 (for a shouldered bowl with similar decoration)
Nonie Gadsden, Art and Reform: Sara Galner, the Saturday Evening Girls, and the Paul Revere Pottery, Boston, 2006, pp. 47 and 53
Nonie Gadsden, Art and Reform: Sara Galner, the Saturday Evening Girls, and the Paul Revere Pottery, Boston, 2006, pp. 47 and 53
Condition
Very good overall condition. There are four very tight hairline cracks that extend from the top rim (one approximately 2 ½ and three approximately 1 inch respectively). The colors on the bowl are slightly richer in person than they appear in the catalogue illustration.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The present lot is an iconic example of the Arts and Crafts works by Sara Galner for Paul Revere Pottery. Galner's work is considered to be among the best pieces produced for the firm and the artist was often chosen to create works for exhibitions. Examples of her work can be found in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where a special exhibition celebrating her work took place September 14, 2006-June 3, 2007.