02-25-200102-25-2001
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2056
February 25, 2001 10:00 AMCalender
1049

Carved and Turned Wood Figural Stand

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$17,250$15,000
Auction: Sale #2056 - 2056Location: BoltonDate / Time: February 25, 2001 10:00AM

Description:

Carved and Turned Wood Figural Stand, America, late 19th/early 20th century, in the form of a telemon, old red-brown varnish, ht. 33, top dia. 7 1/4, base dia. 13 in. Provenance: Kelter/Malc}, Raymond Saroff/Howard Rose collection, Aarne Anton/American Primitive Gallery. Literature: This stand is pictured in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca's AMERICAN PRIMITIVE: DISCOVERIES IN FOLK SCULPTURE, (New York, 1988),p. 45, fig. 52. A telemon is a male caryatid. Exhibitions: "The Fine Art of American Folk," The Edith C. Blum Institute, Bard College, 1990.
Estimate $21,000-23,000

Keywords

Howard Rose, Raymond Saroff, American Primitive Gallery, Frank Maresca, Bard College, Edith C. Blum Institute