August Americana
Description:
Yellow-painted Coupe Weathervane, probably southern Maine, early 20th century, sheet iron automobile with four wheels, driver, wire windscreen, and steering wheel, on a directional with scroll decoration, on turned and white-painted stand, lg. 14 in.
Provenance: David L. Davies, August, 1995.
Literature: Robert Bishop and Patricia Coblentz, A Gallery of American Weathervanes and Whirligigs (New York: Dutton, 1981),p. 100; and Robert Bishop and Jacqueline M. Atkins, Folk Art in American Life (Viking Studio Books, 1995).
The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art
Estimate $2,000-3,000
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Keywords
Robert Bishop, David L. Davies, Jacqueline M. Atkins, Patricia Coblentz, Sybil KernStephen L. Fletcher
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Paul O’Hara
Business Administrator, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
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