{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"3952"},"altNumsArchivespace":{"label":"ArchiveSpace","value":"P1.2001.212"},"copyright":{"label":"Copyright","value":"The American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain."},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift of Ralph Esmerian"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1836"},"labelText":{"label":"Label Text","value":""},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"2013     1   32"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"2013.1.32"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"From Northampton County. Portrays a seated man holding a bird and facing a woman slightly smaller seated in a similar chair. A flower vine grows next to man. Two pinwheel motifs above the figures serve to underline motto. A yellow border with black dashes frames the piece and a green line separates the figures from the script below.fraktur"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Watercolor and ink on paper"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":""},"media":{"label":"Media","value":{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/3555/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"3555"}},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Taufschein for Johannes Dottere"},"geographyCity":{"value":""},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":["Pennsylvaina german","The term Fraktur comprises a number of embellished calligraphic forms produced within Germanic communities in America. Because they were commissioned or received from active members of their own community, fraktur is rarely signed. This Taufschein, or birth certificate, is distinctive for the fresh clear colors and graphic cartoon\u2013like imagery that illustrates the maxim \u201cA bird in the hand is worth two in the bush\u201d\u2014or, as translated here, \u201cin the woods.\u201d The so-called Bird-in-the-Hand Artist is also known as the Northampton County Artist because the texts refer to families in that Pennsylvania region.Stacy C. Hollander, \"Taufschein for Johannes Dottere,\" exhibition label for Jubilation|Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2012.Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org","Active c. 1816-1837. (Earnest); fraktur by same hand in the collection of Peter Tillou"]},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":["Works on Paper","eMuseum - Collection Highlights"]},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":""},"pubreferences":{"label":"Published References","value":"Philadelphia Antiques Show catalogue (1976) pl. 10          Robert Bishop, Folk Painters of America (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1979), fig. 40                                      Young America: A Folk Art History.  Jean Lipman, Elizabeth V. Warren and Robert Bishop.  New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Museum of American Folk Art, 1986, illustrated fig. 8.14, p.140.                               Info only: Russell D. and Corinne P. Earnest, papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners, vol. II (East Berlin, Pa.: Russell D. Earnest Associates, 1997), pp575-576"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"154762"},"geographyState":{"value":"Pennsylvania"},"markings":{"label":"Markings","value":"A 216"},"geographyCountry":{"value":"United States"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"1803","content":"Northhampton County (or Bird-in-the-Hand) Artist"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Books/Manuscripts/Information Artifacts"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":["Pennsylvaina german","The term Fraktur comprises a number of embellished calligraphic forms produced within Germanic communities in America. Because they were commissioned or received from active members of their own community, fraktur is rarely signed. This Taufschein, or birth certificate, is distinctive for the fresh clear colors and graphic cartoon\u2013like imagery that illustrates the maxim \u201cA bird in the hand is worth two in the bush\u201d\u2014or, as translated here, \u201cin the woods.\u201d The so-called Bird-in-the-Hand Artist is also known as the Northampton County Artist because the texts refer to families in that Pennsylvania region.Stacy C. Hollander, \"Taufschein for Johannes Dottere,\" exhibition label for Jubilation|Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2012.Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org","Active c. 1816-1837. (Earnest); fraktur by same hand in the collection of Peter Tillou"]},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1826"},"inscribed":{"label":"Inscribed","value":"Motto in arched band above: \"One bird in the hand is worth two in the forest\";  Translation of text below: \"To these two married spouses namely Jacob Dottern & his wife Sara, born Serfassin, a son has been born to the world Dec. 25 in the year of our Lord 1831 in [?]hill Township Northhampton County state of Pa. and received by holdy baptism the name of Johannes.  The witnesses Philip Dottern &his wife Susanna To these two married spouses a daughter has been born\""},"culture":{"label":"Culture","value":"Pennsylvania German"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"c. 1831"},"exhibitions":{"label":"Exhibitions","value":[{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - Sunday, September 2, 2012","exhibitionEndISODate":"2012-09-02","exhibitionID":"149","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2012-01-17","exhibitionBeginDate":"2012","exhibitionTitle":"JUBILATION an act of rejoicing | RUMINATION an act of contemplation","exhibitionEndDate":"2012"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Saturday, September 17, 1994 - Sunday, January 15, 1995","exhibitionEndISODate":"1995-01-15","exhibitionID":"67","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1994-09-17","exhibitionBeginDate":"1994","exhibitionTitle":"Every Picture Tells a Story","exhibitionEndDate":"1995"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Saturday, May 22, 2021 - Sunday, October 8, 2023","exhibitionEndISODate":"2023-10-08","exhibitionID":"245","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2021-05-22","exhibitionBeginDate":"2021","exhibitionTitle":"American Perspectives (Travel)","exhibitionEndDate":"2023"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - Sunday, August 23, 2009","exhibitionEndISODate":"2009-08-23","exhibitionID":"132","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2004-11-16","exhibitionBeginDate":"2004","exhibitionTitle":"Folk Art Revealed","exhibitionEndDate":"2009"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Tuesday, September 30, 1986 - Sunday, April 24, 1988","exhibitionEndISODate":"1988-04-24","exhibitionID":"115","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1986-09-30","exhibitionBeginDate":"1986","exhibitionTitle":"Young America","exhibitionEndDate":"1988"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - Sunday, June 2, 2002","exhibitionEndISODate":"2002-06-02","exhibitionID":"207","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2001-12-11","exhibitionBeginDate":"2001","exhibitionTitle":"American Radiance","exhibitionEndDate":"2002"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Saturday, July 2, 2016 - Monday, September 19, 2016","exhibitionEndISODate":"2016-09-19","exhibitionID":"159","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2016-07-02","exhibitionBeginDate":"2016","exhibitionTitle":"AMERICAN MADE","exhibitionEndDate":"2016"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Tuesday, February 11, 2020 - Sunday, January 3, 2021","exhibitionEndISODate":"2021-01-03","exhibitionID":"239","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2020-02-11","exhibitionBeginDate":"2020","exhibitionTitle":"American Perspectives","exhibitionEndDate":"2021"}]},"altNums":{"label":"Alternative Numbers","value":"P1.2001.212"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"15 1/8 x 12 \"Frame: 20 5/8 x 17 3/4 x 5/8 \""}}]}