SCULPTURAL FANTASY
The Important American Folk Art Collection of Stephen and Petra Levin
The Important American Folk Art Collection of Stephen and Petra Levin
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VERY RARE CARVED AND<br />
POLYCHROME PAINT-<br />
DECORATED WOOD<br />
SCULPTURE OF A SEATED<br />
MAN WEARING A BOWLER<br />
HAT, NEW ENGLAND, LATE<br />
19TH CENTURY<br />
Height 20 ½ in. by Width 6 in. by Depth 10 in.<br />
(including base)<br />
PROVENANCE<br />
George E. Schoellkopf Gallery, New York;<br />
Barry Cohen, New York;<br />
Marvel Collection, White Plains, New York;<br />
Frank Maresca, New York;<br />
Ricco Maresca, New York.<br />
EXHIBITED<br />
Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn Museum of Art,<br />
March 6 - May 31, 1976;<br />
Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County<br />
Museum of Art, July 4 - August 29, 1976.<br />
LITERATURE<br />
Frank Maresca and Roger Ricco, American<br />
Vernacular (Boston: Bulfinch Press, Little,<br />
Brown and Company, 2002), p. 139, full page<br />
illustration;<br />
Herbert Hemphill, Jr. and Julia Weissman,<br />
Folk Sculpture USA (New York: The Brooklyn<br />
Museum of Art, 1976), illustration p. 26.<br />
$ 15,000-25,000<br />
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124 SOTHEBY’S THE IMPORTANT AMERICAN FOLK ART COLLECTION OF STEPHEN AND PETRA LEVIN