Important Americana: The Charles and Olenka Santore Collection
Important Americana: The Charles and Olenka Santore Collection
American Carved and Paint-Decorated Wooden Bust of a Woman Ship Figurehead, New England, Circa 1850
Auction Closed
January 20, 12:37 AM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
American Carved and Paint-Decorated Wooden Bust of a Woman Ship Figurehead
New England
Circa 1850
Height 15 in. by Width 11½ in. by Depth 8 in.
Howard and Catherine Feldman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
Giampietro American Art and Antiques, New Haven, Connecticut;
David Teiger, Bernardsville, New Jersey;
Sotheby's, New York, The History Of Now: The Important American Folk Art Collection Of David Teiger, January 20, 2019, sale 10013, lot 1206.
Giampietro American Art and Antiques, New Haven, Connecticut;
David Teiger, Bernardsville, New Jersey;
Sotheby's, New York, The History Of Now: The Important American Folk Art Collection Of David Teiger, January 20, 2019, sale 10013, lot 1206.
Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Primitive (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1988) p. 74, fig. 92;
Tom Geismar and Harvey Kahn, Spiritually Moving: A Collection of American Folk Art Sculpture (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1998), no. 74.
Tom Geismar and Harvey Kahn, Spiritually Moving: A Collection of American Folk Art Sculpture (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1998), no. 74.
This diminutive carving, little more than a foot tall, was likely made for a coastal schooner.