Attributed to Susan Catherine Waters (American, 1823-1900) Children with Melon and Cat Oil on canvas 45 x 35 inches (114.3 x 88.9 cm) PROVENANCE: Henry N. Hinckley, Ithaca, New York; Ralph and Suzanne Katz, East Brunswick, New Jersey; Sotheby's, New York, 21 January 2017, lot 5132; Property of a Baltimore Family; Christie's, New York, 20 January 2024, lot 476. EXHIBITED: Longwood Fine Arts Center, Farmville, Virginia, "Mrs. Susan C. Waters: 19th Century Itinerant Painter," October 19 -November 19 1979. LITERATURE: C.C. Heslip, Mrs. Susan C. Waters: 19th-Century Itinerant Painter, Farmville, Virginia, 1979, p. 27, cat. no. 23; C.C. Heslip, "Susan C. Waters," The Magazine Antiques, April 1979, p. 771; F.M.J. Mascolo, "Beyond Tradition: A Folk Art Collection in New Hampshire," Antiques & Fine Art, Summer/Autumn, 2006, p. 134. HID12401132022 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved