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Lot 290

Ruth Henshaw Bascom (American, 1772-1848)

Lot 290

Ruth Henshaw Bascom (American, 1772-1848)

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000

Estimate$5,000 – $8,000

Status

Closed

Ruth Henshaw Bascom (American, 1772-1848)

Profile portrait of Mary Cushman (1823-1848)
1842
pastel on paper
signed RH Bascom, lower right; further inscribed on verso Mrs. Mary Cushman of Bernardstown, Mass. Drawn by R.H. Bascom May 1842.
18 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches.

Property from the Collection of Robert Cochrane

Provenance:

Mary Cushman, Bernardston, Massachusetts;

Jonathan Field and Armenia Cushman, Bernardston, Massachusetts;

Henry Clay and Laura Keep Brown Cushman, Bernardston, Massachusetts;

Abbot Channing and Nellie Susan Noyes Brown, Bernardston, Massachusetts;

Susie Noyes Brown Tyler, Bernardston and later Newton, Massachusetts;

Edith Martha Tyler Estey, Brattleboro, Vermont;

Susan Estey, Brattleboro, Vermont;

Thence by descent to the present owner.

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Ben Fisher

Managing Director, Furniture and Decorative Arts

[email protected]312.447.3270

Mr. Fisher rejoined the firm in 2019 after working as a specialist in the American Furniture and Folk Art department at Sotheby’s New York. His areas of expertise include 18th, 19th, and 20th century American, Continental, and English furniture, decorative and folk art. Before coming to Hindman in 2013, Mr. Fisher worked in European Furniture and Decorative Arts in Philadelphia. He began his career working for a prints dealer focusing on works from the 16th through the 20th centuries.

Leah Vogelpohl

AVP, Specialist, American Furniture, Folk, and Decorative Arts

[email protected]513.666.4960

Ms. Vogelpohl joined the firm in 2013 as a cataloger in the American and European Furniture and Decorative Arts department. She became a department specialist in 2017, focusing on American decorative arts and silver. She received a BA from the College of Charleston and an MLITT in Art History from the University of Glasgow.

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Lot 290

Ruth Henshaw Bascom (American, 1772-1848)

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000

Estimate$5,000 – $8,000

Status

Closed

Ruth Henshaw Bascom (American, 1772-1848)

Property from the Collection of Robert Cochrane

Provenance:

Mary Cushman, Bernardston, Massachusetts;

Jonathan Field and Armenia Cushman, Bernardston, Massachusetts;

Henry Clay and Laura Keep Brown Cushman, Bernardston, Massachusetts;

Abbot Channing and Nellie Susan Noyes Brown, Bernardston, Massachusetts;

Susie Noyes Brown Tyler, Bernardston and later Newton, Massachusetts;

Edith Martha Tyler Estey, Brattleboro, Vermont;

Susan Estey, Brattleboro, Vermont;

Thence by descent to the present owner.

American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts

Ruth Henshaw Bascom (American, 1772-1848)

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