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December 07, 2008

Lot: 330Lot: 332

Alta Wilmot Young Peasant Girl 1890 Watercolor
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Alta Wilmot Young Peasant Girl 1890 Watercolor
LOT 331

Alta Wilmot Young Peasant Girl 1890 Watercolor



Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Realized: $325

Alta Elizabeth Wilmot (American, 1852-1930), portrait of a young peasant girl; watercolor; 9" x 7"; signed and dated 1890 lower left. Wilmot was born in Michigan. She studied music in Boston and then later art in Paris. Records show that Alta worked for Madame Dupont painting miniature portraits of opera stars and the NY elite. Provenance: Acquired from the Chicago estate of the artists' niece.