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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Folk Art Wantage Rod - Ezekiel Maxson (1789-1870)<br />
Hopkinton, RI<br />
Carved hickory<br />
Circa: 1823<br />
Size: 43 3/4" (oal)<br />
This is a neat piece! For the lover of instruments,<br />
brewery or vintner antiques...a wantage rod (gauge to<br />
determine volume within a cask or barrel). The<br />
hickory rod is inscribed with marks for BEER and<br />
WINE and with an elaborate conversion chart. The<br />
owner's name EZEKIAL MAXSON and DATE: 1823<br />
are also deeply inscribed.<br />
Maxson (1789-1870) turns up in census records for<br />
Hopkinton, RI and also served in the War of 1812.<br />
Dated 1769 Miniature Bootjack Chest with<br />
Reeded Edge<br />
Pine, paint, metal<br />
Circa: 1769<br />
Size: 14 1/8" (l) x 5 7/8" (w) x 7 3/4" (h)<br />
Provenance: Private Midwestern Collection<br />
A very fine miniature six board chest<br />
with an applied reeded molding and<br />
nicely formed bootjack ends. The two<br />
interior till covers date the piece in large<br />
separate numerals “6” “9.”<br />
Maintains original paint and surface.<br />
Original brass tip, pinned in place.
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