$23,000
Birch Tree-Branch Leg, early 20th century, the natural shape of a leg joined by a branch retaining bark terminating in a sculpted foot with a pointed shoe on tall heel, with stand, ht. 23, wd. 20 1/2, dp. 5 in. Provenance: Raymond Saroff/Howard Rose collection, Aarne Anton/American Primitive Gallery. Literature: This object appears on the cover of UNEXPECTED ELOQUENCE: THEARTINAMERICANFOLKART, Selections from the Howard Rose/Raymond Saroff American Folk Art Collection (New York, 1989), published to coincide with their exhibition "The Fine Art of American Folk," Edith C. Blum Institute, Bard College, 1990.; and is illustrated in AMERICAN PRIMITIVE: DISCOVERIES IN FOLK SCULPTURE, by Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, p. 26, fig. 23.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2001-02-25