HOME AWAY FROM HOME

ANTIQUES IN MANCHESTER • ST ANSELM COLLEGE • AUGUST 9-10

S T E V E N S . P O W E R S
Each year thousands of people make the pilgrimage to
Antiques Week in New Hampshire. For many, it’s like a
home away from home—the collective shows are a huge
house, with diverse dealers occupying different rooms—
each inviting you in to explore, learn and take away a little
bit (or a lot) of their home to yours.
“Home Away From Home” is a collection of Folk Art &
Americana assembled for exhibition and sale at Antiques
In Manchester: The Collector's Fair, August 9-10, 2017.
Where: Sullivan Arena | St. Anselm College
100 St. Anselm Dr, Manchester, NH 03102
Additional show information: stevenspowers.com
W O R K S O F
A R T
& a m e r i c a n a
360 Court Street #28, Brooklyn, NY 11231 | 718.625.1715 or 917.518.0809 | stevenspowers.com | member: ADA

Detail of A Trade Sign for J.W. Hopkinson
Circa: 1925-1930
Size: 12 1/4" (h) - 15 1/2" (l)
See page 35 for more information.

Iconic Iron Indian
Miniature weathervane
Circa: 1800
Size: 12" (h) x 9" (w) x 1/8" (d)
This striking object leaves an indelible imprint on your minds’ eye—it is
powerful and mysterious.
This small chiseled and forged flat iron figure depicts a silhouetted
American Indian with calumet (pipe), hair roach and pony-tail, and wearing
a breechcloth with genitals exposed.
Historically the image of the American Indian in art was often romanticized
as the exotic or demonized as the savage “other,” through overly
generalized depictions based on broad stereotypes. Though some
illustrations show women with exposed breasts and men with buttocks
peeking through their breechcloth, sculpture of this nature is hitherto
unknown.
Provenance: Marvill Collection.
Illustrated and discussed: American Vernacular, 2002, p. 1 (title page)
and p. 149.

Folk Art Carved Coal Lion
Circa: 1860-1880
Size: 10 1/2" (l) x 6 1/4" (h)
Provenance: Peter Brams; Barbara Johnson
A large and exceptional recumbent lion
carved out of the solid of anthracite coal.
Such carvings are rare.

Five Folk Art House Portraits
Pastel, graphite, crayon and watercolor on paper
Circa: 1892-1913
Sizes vary from: 7 3/8" x 9 5/8" - 10 1/4" x 13 1/2"
These five house portraits by the same hand were collected over a
couple decades. It is speculated that they originate from Sullivan
County, Indiana. They range in date from 1892-1913.

Stoneware Bust of an African American Man
Chicago, IL
Circa: 1885-1890
Size: 5 3/4" H
African-American bust marked, "WM. M. DEE ESQ. 164 E. Adams St.
Chicago, IL." William M. Dee was a manufacturer in sewer pipe and fire
brick who’s offices were at the above address from 1885-1890.
The whole in a brown glaze with kaolin details and stamped several times
on the front and back.
Provenance: Michael and Julie Hall Collection of American Folk and Isolate
Art; Peter Brams Collection.
Illustrated and discussed: American Primitive, 1988, p. 85.

Early American Folk Art Portrait of a Woman
Anonymous
Circa: 1830
Size: 26 1/4" (w) x 36 1/4" (h)
Provenance: David Schorsch; Marvill Collection.
A compelling American Folk Art portrait of a
young woman with her right hand over one
breast and her left hand holding a closed fan and
a crumpled handkerchief. Though the meaning
of the staging is unknown, it likely has a
symbolic message.

Folk Art Etched Easter Egg
Dated: April 17, 1854
Size: 2 3/8" (oah)
A charming survivor (with dried yolk
still within). The dyed egg is scratch
carved with a bird on a tree with a
complex star at the apex. It is signed
“E. Witmer” and tells us a little
something about the weather, “It is
snowing to-day | April th 17 1854.”

"The Sacred Family”
Buffalo, New York
Italian-American
Circa: 1930
16” x 13”
Provenance: Tim Hill,
David Wheatcroft, Peter Brams

Oblivious To Danger
Oil on canvas
Circa: 1930
Size: 31 1/2" (w) x 29 1/2" (h)
Amusing allegorical folk art painting of a man fishing
on a river or lake with a bear coming up behind him, a
thunder storm with sharp lightning, a fish out of the
creel, a 'No Trespassing / Private Property' sign, a spilt
bottle, and a sinking boat...but there is a rainbow on
the horizon! I am not a fisherman, but I guess the
message here is, "I'd Rather Be Fishing."
Provenance: Patty Gagarin, Private New York
Collection; Private California Collection.

Rare Folk Art Carved Civil War Veteran Stool
Dated: 1887
Size: 26 3/4"(h) x 14 1/2" (d)
I have had several great Civil War / GAR
Folk Art carved pipes, but have never seen
anything on this scale.
In the form of an hourglass, the entire
surface is carved from a 40lb. timber. The
lower half in high relief with large stars,
crossed rifles, cannons, swords, and the
medal of the Grand Army of The Republic
including a flag and an eagle.
The upper half has a repeating star and
sunburst pattern.

Folk Art Carved Civil War Maple Burl Cup
Lookout Mountain
Circa: 1860-1880
3 3/4" (oaw) x 3" (h)
Provenance: Private, Peter Brams, Private
Illustrated and discussed: North American Burl Treen,
2005, p. 91, pl. 5/9.1
Only one of these I have seen. In the manner of Civil
War carved pipes, this hewn burl cup bears the name
of James Hammond of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
3rd Division, Company D.

Three Maine House Portraits by George E. Morgan (1870-1969)
Metcalf House: Hallowell
Oil on canvas board
Circa: 1962/1963
Size: 9" x 12"
Signed and inscribed on verso: “The old
Metcalf house in Hallowell Built during
Washington’s first administration - for Mrs.
Wadwill [sic] Hallowell.” George E. Morgan
age 92.
In 1792 Joseph Metcalf built the above house.
He was a furniture maker and planes bearing
his name are known.
White House
Oil on canvas board
Circa: 1962/1963
Size: 9" x 12"
Randolph Methodist Church
Oil on canvas board
Circa: 1962/1963
Size: 8" x 12"
Signed and inscribed on
verso: “Randolph Methodist
Church Windsor St. Burnt
1961 [the church was built
1847] painted by George E.
Morgan 44 Windsor St.”
Signed and inscribed on verso: George E.
Morgan age 92 - for Mrs. Wadwill [sic]
Hallowell
Provenance: Anne K. Wardwell; Mr. & Mrs. Sumner and Helen Johnston; Joe Wetherell;
Raymond Saroff and Howard Rose; Peter Brams
Exhibitions: The Playhouse, Boothbay, ME 1963; Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME,
July 16 - October 11, 1998; The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago, IL,
February 5 - April 10,1999

Lead Head
Lead pipe
Circa: 1900
Size: 10" (h) x 8 1/4" (d)
An unusual portrait sculpted out
of a large lead water pipe. The
whole has a remarkable gun-metal
like color and patina. Traces of
paint remain on the forehead and
hair.

Large Hessian Whirligig
Circa: 1840
Size: 32" (h) x 12 1/2" (w)
A most remarkable Folk Art
object made more beautiful
and complex by Mother
Nature herself. A small lead
buckshot pellet is embedded
on his right side (proper).
Found on a farm between Port
Henry and Crown Point, NY.
Illustrated and discussed:
American Primitive, 1986, p.
126, fig. 169.
Provenance: Mr & Mrs Frank
Moran Auction, November 15,
1974; Marvill Collection.

Folk Art Carved Coal Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
Circa: 1860-1880
Size: 8 3/4" (w) x 7" (h)
A large an unusual portrait of Abraham Lincoln
carved from anthracite coal.
Illustrated and discussed: American Primitive,
1988, p. 95, fig. 126.

Two Folk Art Trade Signs for J.W. Hopkinson
Winthrop, ME
Oil on canvas on metal substrates
Circa: 1925-1930
Size: 12 1/4" (h) - 15 1/2" (l)

These two signs presumably painted by Hopkinson
himself were advertisements that hung over the
windows of his truck.
One shows him working a floor sander in a room
(which is rendered in an exaggerated perspective)
and the other shows a brightly painted house on a
lake.

End of Day Black Glass Whimsy - Hand Holding Bottle
Circa: 1910-20
Size: 11 1/2"
Sand cast black glass (with grains still embedded) of
hand holding a glass bottle. It might be a take off of
the early Whistle Soda advertisements.
On a custom base.

Woolwork Picture of Menands, NY
Wool over perforated board
Circa: 1905
Size: 26 1/2" (h) x 39" (l)
This unique large scale woolwork
resembles folk art paintings of
the period. A large Victorian
home is wrought along a brick
wall with an iron gate. A mill,
lake with over-sized swans, train
tracks and a tunnel, as well as a
farm and “The Cathedral of All
Saints,” are also depicted.
Many of the buildings are
finished with windows that have
crushed colored glass.

Large Folk Art Carved and Painted Rhinoceros
Fred Alten (1872-1945)
Michigan
Circa: 1910-20
17" (oal)
Provenance: Peter Brams; Barbara Johnson
An exceptional example of a large Fred Alten animal.
Fred Alten was a machinist in Wyandotte, Michigan
and carved animals based on illustrations in Jonson’s
Book of Nature. A garage full of his works was found
thirty years after his death.

Eastern Woodlands Ash Burl Effigy Ladle
Circa: 1820-1840
Size: 10 1/4" (oal) x 5 1/4" (w)
Provenance: George Abraham, Herbert Wellington
Collection, Private
Illustrated and discussed: Pleasing The Spirits, 1982, p.
352, fig. 433, left.
Likely depicting an abstracted Underwater
Panther, the whole is masterfully hewn with a
sophisticated underlying geometry.

The Three Trees
Jacob Semiatin (1915-2003)
Circa: 1940-1950
Size: 26" (w) x 19" (h)
Jacob Semiatin, a Hungarian Jew born in
Ireland immigrated to Brooklyn, NY in 1920.
Semiatin was a member of the Brooklyn
Society of Artists and exhibited at The
Brooklyn Museum in the 1940’s. After WWII,
he move towards abstraction and developed a
friendship with James Johnson Sweeney of
the Guggenheim Museum.
Semiatin's first one-man show was at the
Contemporary Arts Gallery in New York,
(notable as the gallery that introduced Mark
Rothko).
Semiatin’s work is in many collections
including: The Houston Museum of Modern
Art; The Jewish Museum, Dublin, Ireland;
Mr. Ted Turner; and the William Clinton
Library.

Folk Art Pipe with Two Men Around The Bowl
Circa: 1860-1880
Size: 3 1/2" (w) x 3" (h)
Provenance: Tim Hill, Peter Brams, Private
With a great original, crazed paint surface.

Early Folk Art Doll
Circa: 1820-40
Size: 12" (h)
A rare and early intact Folk Art doll.

Steven Powers (1968 -)
Moosehead Mountains & Marsh
Oil on panel
2017
Size: 11" (h) x 14" (w)

Steven Powers (1968 -)
Big Sky & Flat Lands
Oil on panel
2017
Size: 9" (h) x 12" (w)

S T E V E N S . P O W E R S
H O M E
H O M E
W O R K S O F
A R T
& a m e r i c a n a
360 Court Street #28, Brooklyn, NY 11231 | 718.625.1715 or 917.518.0809 | stevenspowers.com | member: ADA