White pine, carved, with original painted decoration, height 21 3/4 inches.
In a superb state of preservation. The figure has a wonderfully detailed face with large handle bar mustache, carved buttons on the coat, and delicately formed boots. The paddles are original.
PROVENANCE:
Betty Sterling, Randolph, Vt;
George E. Schoellkopf Gallery, NYC;
New York private collection;
David A. Schorsch, Greenwich, Ct, 1985;
Barry Cohen, NYC;
Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Ed Hoffman, Baltimore, Md;
David A. Schorsch, Woodbury, Ct, 1997;
Important Midwest private collection until 2016.
Austin T. Miller American Antiques Inc, Ohio
EXHIBITED:
“Folk Art from the collection of Ed and Adrienne Hoffman,” loan exhibit sponsored by HistorIc Annapolis at The Hunt Valley Antiques Show, 1985.
PUBLISHED:
“Elle Decor,” August/September 1994, p. 14.
