Pair of Carved and Stained Sitting Birds

Description:

Pair of Carved and Stained Sitting Birds, probably Pennsylvania, late 19th century, one with black stain and more prominent eyes, the other with red brown stain, (some flaking),ht. 2 1/2, wd. 2 1/2, dp. 5 in. Provenance: Raymond Saroff/Howard Rose collection, Aarne Anton/American Primitive Gallery. Literature: These birds appear in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca's AMERICAN PRIMITIVE: DISCOVERIES IN FOLK SCULPTURE, (New York, 1988),p. 218, fig. 331. Exhibitions: "The Fine Art of American Folk," Edith C. Blum Institute, Bard College, 1990.
Estimate $4,400-4,600

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