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ALLAN KATZ AMERICANA
Sold to a private collector
The Broad Way, The Narrow Way
Drawn and hand-painted by Christian K. Witmyer
Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, circa 1870–1890
Image size: 33 x 24 inches
Exhibited: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1995
Courtesy of Allan Katz Americana
This outstanding folk art drawing, of large size, exceptional color, and fine condition, was drawn in Lancaster County. The artist has created a wonderful and balanced depiction of the choice between heaven and eternal life and happiness, or hell and eternal misery.
While probably not used as a teaching tool, this drawing might have been viewed as a guideline for the religious or moral values of the day. Drawings like this one are extremely rare.
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