Sold for:
$2,000
$2,000
Carved and Painted Wooden Penguin Figure, attributed to Charles Hart, Gloucester, Massachusetts, c. 1930, the figure with tack eyes, inset beak, applied flippers, painted black and white with red and gold on throat, applied webbed feet mounted on a square wooden base, weathered surface, (imperfections), ht. 6 1/2 in., base wd.3 1/4 i n. Literature: A similar penguin is illustrated in American Folk Sculpture, by Robert Bishop (E.P. Dutton & Co., New York), p. 177, before the maker was identified, and is now in the Smithsonian Institution. loss on beak tip, one flipper has been off and glued back on, scattered paint losses.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-02-19
