Samuel Wood Gaylor c. 1920 Small Watercolor, Woman in Pink Coat with Muff sewing samples Very early 20th century I

Very early 20th century I believe

making six different lithographed images

and a pretty rare one--the only other copy I can find of it out there is held int he Cornell University Library Rare and Manuscript Collection

but a few nails on the backside for holding two panes--or two mirrors--in place

and small losses to the red fabric here and there

Samuel Wood Gaylor c. 1920 Small Watercolor, Woman in Pink Coat with Muff sewing samples Very early 20th century IOne of two watercolor sketches by American artist Samuel Wood Gaylor (1883 1957) today, found at Brimfield this summer; the dealer I bought them from had purchased a body of work by Gaylor and his wife Adelaide Lawson from a one time neighbor of the couple on Long Island. This portrait is unsigned, but a very similar larger portrait of the same subject was sold by Swann Galleries in 2021; I presume this was done as a sketch in advance of that one