A Group of Four Polychrome and Gilt Painted Panel Icons Rsian, 18th/19th centuryComprising two depicting the Virgin and Child, one of Our Lady of the Sign, and one of Christ enthroned flanked by Mary and Saint John the Baptist, above a register of five saints. (4).(H: 16 1/4, W: 12 1/2 in. (largest))Qty: (3)ProvenanceProperty from the collection of Mr. Norman Potter, acquired prior to December 28, 1970.Thence by descent.Footnote:NoteNorman Stanley Potter (1926–1970) was a collector with wide-ranging interests who developed an eye for classical arts and built a collection of Asian art, antiquities, and early European art. Born to Polish immigrants in New York City, Potter began his self-edification in the arts while exploring the Metropolitan Meum of Art in his youth. As a prominent mathematician and engineer, he participated in the Manhattan Project and later was a designer ofplex defense systems. Together with his wife, the abstract artist Berne Potter, he was active in the art and antique worlds of New York and became friends with important gallerists and collectors, including Juli Carlebach and Melvin Gutman.