MAN • BEAST • SPIRIT • WOMAN
Steven S. Powers presents, MAN • BEAST • SPIRIT • WOMAN. A collection of exceptional Folk Art & Americana assembled for exhibition and sale at Antiques In Manchester: The Collector's Fair. August 10-11, 2016. Sullivan Arena, St Anselm College, 100 St Anselm Dr. Manchester, NH 03102. Featuring works from The Marvill Collection and Americana from an important Midwestern Collection. MAN • BEAST • SPIRIT • WOMAN, explores examples of folk art that excompass these loose parameters. Some are straightforward, for example, The woman "Laundress" covers "Woman," (though in this context of broad labeling, it comes off as a one dimentional, misogynistic labeling). Other examples overlap, the cover image of the African-American limberjack, considers "Man," but is so powerful that it is imbued with, "Spirit" as well. The Woodlands, Ojibwa Mide'wiwin Figures covers, "Man, Woman and Spirit." The brownstone sculpture, "Men of the Pale Forest," explores "Man," but has elements of "Spirit and Beast." While the carved Gizzly Bear obviously represents, "Beast," its sensitive carving and remarkable surface gives her a "Spirit" as well.
Steven S. Powers presents, MAN • BEAST • SPIRIT • WOMAN. A collection of exceptional Folk Art & Americana assembled for exhibition and sale at Antiques In Manchester: The Collector's Fair. August 10-11, 2016. Sullivan Arena, St Anselm College, 100 St Anselm Dr. Manchester, NH 03102. Featuring works from The Marvill Collection and Americana from an important Midwestern Collection.
MAN • BEAST • SPIRIT • WOMAN, explores examples of folk art that excompass these loose parameters. Some are straightforward, for example, The woman "Laundress" covers "Woman," (though in this context of broad labeling, it comes off as a one dimentional, misogynistic labeling). Other examples overlap, the cover image of the African-American limberjack, considers "Man," but is so powerful that it is imbued with, "Spirit" as well. The Woodlands, Ojibwa Mide'wiwin Figures covers, "Man, Woman and Spirit." The brownstone sculpture, "Men of the Pale Forest," explores "Man," but has elements of "Spirit and Beast." While the carved Gizzly Bear obviously represents, "Beast," its sensitive carving and remarkable surface gives her a "Spirit" as well.
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The Marshalltown Menagerie (ninety-plus carvings)<br />
Marshalltown, Iowa<br />
Carved wood, polychrome, thorns, leaves.<br />
Circa: 1930<br />
Average size of animal: +/- 4" (l) x +/- 2 1/2" (h)<br />
The Marshalltown Menagerie is a group of ninety-plus extraordinary carvings<br />
created by an individual, unknown carver from Marshalltown, Iowa.<br />
Each animal is thoughtfully executed—with no repeats. Some have numerical<br />
tags, which likely, at some time, identified them as part of a key for display.<br />
According to family history, they were acquired directly from the artist by a Mr.<br />
Calvin White in lieu of payment. They remained within the White family for at<br />
least eighty years and are now just receiving their well deserved exposure.<br />
While most are carved from a single block of wood and then painted, some are<br />
finished with rose thorns, cactus thorns, sawdust, and vegetable fibers to add<br />
Spotted Hyena<br />
Marshalltown, Iowa<br />
Carved wood, polychrome<br />
Circa: 1930<br />
Size: 5 1/8" (l) x 2 1/2" (h)
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