Lot 96: Calligraphy of Deer

Estimate: $700 – $1,000

Exceptional 19th c. calligraphic pen and ink picture of a leaping buck deer over a creek, “Executed by W.E. Simmons”, with a four-line stanza poem in a landscape with sailboat in background, in the original black and white Eastlake style frame with gilt liner, exhibited at the Morris Museum, NJ Collector Series, April-June 1991, The Fertig Folk Art Collection, 23″ x 28 1/2″ (sight), 27″ x 33 1/2″ (frame), (ex. Fertig collection).