Sold for:
$17,250
$17,250
Carved and Turned Wood Figural Stand, America, late 19th/early 20th century, in the form of a telemon, old red-brown varnish, ht. 33, top dia. 7 1/4, base dia. 13 in. Provenance: Kelter/Malc}, Raymond Saroff/Howard Rose collection, Aarne Anton/American Primitive Gallery. Literature: This stand is pictured in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca's AMERICAN PRIMITIVE: DISCOVERIES IN FOLK SCULPTURE, (New York, 1988), p. 45, fig. 52. A telemon is a male caryatid. Exhibitions: "The Fine Art of American Folk," The Edith C. Blum Institute, Bard College, 1990.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2001-02-25
