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The Important American Folk Art Collection of Stephen and Petra Levin

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RARE AND IMPORTANT<br />

CARVED AND POLYCHROME<br />

PAINT-DECORATED WOOD<br />

TOBACCONIST TRADE FIGURE<br />

OF A TURK, ATTRIBUTED TO<br />

SAMUEL ANDERSON ROBB<br />

(1851-1928), NEW YORK,<br />

CIRCA 1880<br />

depicting a monumental Turk figure holding<br />

tobacco in his left hand and supporting his metal<br />

and wood pipe with his right hand.<br />

Height 85 in. by Width 22 in. by Depth 24 in.<br />

PROVENANCE<br />

Giampietro American Folk Art, New Haven,<br />

Connecticut.<br />

EXHIBITED<br />

New York, Museum of American Folk Art, The<br />

Image Business, 1997;<br />

Sandwich, Massachusetts, Heritage Plantation,<br />

The Image Business, 1997;<br />

Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore Museum of Art,<br />

The Image Business, 1998.<br />

$ 300,000-500,000<br />

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96 SOTHEBY’S THE IMPORTANT AMERICAN FOLK ART COLLECTION OF STEPHEN AND PETRA LEVIN

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