A group of four botanical watercolor drawings, 19th / 20th century

Comprising two works by Arthur D. Marble (19th / 20th century), including one inscribed, “Dasystoma Pedicularia. B./ Gerardia Pedicularia. L./ Fern-leaved false foxglove/ Lousewort/ Feverweed/ Scrophulariaceae/ Figwort Family/ Mt. Vernon St., Lawrence./ Sept. 1917,” signed, “Arthur D. Marble del. et pxt.,” l.l., and the other inscribed, “Compositae/ Composite family/ Button snakeroot/ Blazing-Star/ Liatris squarrosa/ Perrenial herb/ So. Lawrence-plentiful/ Sept. 23-1906,” signed, “Arthur D. Marble del. et pxt.,” l.l., both matted and framed, the mats painted with insects; and two works, one depicting milkweed with insects, the other depicting a wild white rose, faintly signed or inscribed, l.r., both professionally matted and framed.

12 ¾ in. x 7 ¾ in. (Arthur D. Marble, sight), 18 ¼ in. x 14 in. (others, sight), 17 in. x 13 in. and 27 ½ in. x 23 in. (frames)

Provenance

Milkweed and wild rose: W. Graham Arader III, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
Property from a Newport, Rhode Island estate.

lot 68: not examined out of frames; pair of marble drawings: overall with mild toning, and considerable toning at mat border, the blazing star work is misaligned / crooked within matting and has a small speck of foxing to lower left corner, the feverweed drawing with small tear at upper right corner and a few scattered specks of surface debris and / or foxing, frames with minor signs of wear or oxidation; milkweed and wild white rose drawings are professionally matted and framed, have mild toning to paper, and minor scattered occasional spots of foxing, with signs of minor rippling to paper at mat borders, milkweed: with small tear at lower right edge, frames with minor signs of wear commensurate with age