AMMI PHILLIPS (1788-1865)

Lot 517
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Lot 517 | AMMI PHILLIPS (1788-1865)
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AMMI PHILLIPS (1788-1865)
DR. JOHN WHITFIELD COUCH AND MRS. MARY CHRISTOPHER (VAN DOORN) COUCH
the gentleman dated and inscribed J. W. Couch 1829 AE 33 (on reverse); the lady dated and inscribed M. C. Couch 1829 AE 24 (on reverse)
oil on canvas
30 x 24 in. (each)(2)
Each painted in 1829.




Provenance

Dr. John Whitfield Couch (1797-1845) and Mary Christopher (Van Doorn) Couch (1805-1876), Berkshire County, Massachusetts or Dutchess County, New York, the sitters
Dr. Charles Frederick Couch (1841-1887), son
Minnie Leydia (Couch) Bates (1866-1951), daughter
A Private Collection, 1987
Phillips, New York, 22 October 1987, lot 11
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York
Richard York Gallery, New York, 1995



Literature

Advertisement, The Magazine Antiques (October 1987), p. 680 (Mary).
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, exhibition catalogue, Sources and Inspiration (New York, 1988), p. 32.
J. T. Busch, 'Americana in Minnesota', Antiques & Fine Art (Autumn/Winter 2005), p. 175.
David R. Allaway, My People: The Works of Ammi Phillips (2022), vol. I, pp. 60-61, nos. 108-109, vol. II, p. 52, no. 217.



Exhibited

Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, Source and Inspiration: A Continuing Tradition, 16 January-20 February 1988.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, American Folk Art: Selections from the Hirschl & Adler Collections, 1991, nos. 51a, 51b.
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