Sold for:
$58,500
$58,500
Wilhelm Schimmel(1817-1890), Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania , carved and painted pine standing eaglet with red, black, and yellow spots on an ivory background, the heart shaped wings descending to tail feathers, 6 3/4" h. Research: Lipman & Winchester, Flowering of American Folk Art , pg. 283; Machmer, Just For Nice , pgs. 74-75; Garvan, The Pennsylvania German Collection , pgs. 83-84. For similar examples, see the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Henry P. Deyerle, Sotheby's, May 1995, lot 762; the Collection of Helen Janssen Wetzel, Sotheby's, October 1980, lot 1762. Provenance: Mary Thornton 1962.
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2007-04-21
