'A Cheerful Kitchen' 1939 Textile Art
by CGG
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Book. Very Good. No Binding. signed. 1939. Original textile art. -- 'A CHEERFUL KITCHEN'-- SIGNED 'CGG'. Framed In original burlwood frame, 17"x 21"; original textile, matted under glass, measures 11"x14". Handmade art, probably by a woman, with initials 'CGG' inked at bottom right-corner. A fine example of domestic African-Americana art. An inked homily describes the scene-- A Cheerful Kitchen-- Bright and Gay--- Will Make All Troubles-- Fade Away -- 1939, CGG. Art textile shows two domestic Black workers, a cook and manservant, busy in a country kitchen. Made of fabrics sewn on linen, crayon and pencil-- in shades of peach, pink, gold, cream, black and brown. From estate of Eric Carlson, a professional dealer of 19th-20th century French and American prints and drawings and a university professor of art history at SUNY-Purchase In excellent condition-- one corner of original burlwood frame is dented. Domestic s&h $50.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Austern & Co. Books & Ephemera / Brooklyn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- sw53a
- Title
- 'A Cheerful Kitchen' 1939 Textile Art
- Author
- CGG
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- keywords: original art, domestic arts, women, slave life, African Americana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed; Art; african-american ephemera;
Terms of Sale
Peter Austern & Co. Books & Ephemera / Brooklyn Books
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About the Seller
Peter Austern & Co. Books & Ephemera / Brooklyn Books
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Brooklyn, New York
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