拍品 1235
  • 1235

HOLSTEIN COWAMERICAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY | Holstein CowAmerican School, 19th century

估價
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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描述

  • carved and polychromed wood and pewter
  • Height 22 1/2 in. by Length 34 1/2 in.
  • second half-19th century

來源

Private Collection, New York;
Kennedy Galleries, New York;
Edmund Fuller, Woodstock, New York;
James Kronen Gallery, New York;
Steve Miller, American Folk Art, New York.

出版

Kennedy Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 44 and 62-63, illus.;
Lipman, Provocative Parallels, (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1975) no. 61, p. 55, illus.; 
Steve Miller, The Art of the Weathervane, (Exton, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 1984), p. 138;
Tom Geismar and Harvey Kahn, Spiritually Moving:  A Collection of American Folk Art Sculpture (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1998) pl. 30, illus. in color.

Condition

Some losses and other discolorations consistent with age and use. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Purchasers may pay for and pick up their purchases from any of our Americana Week sales taking place from January 17-20, 2019, at our York Avenue headquarters until the close of business on Sunday, January 20, 2019. After this time, all property (sold and unsold) will be transferred to our offsite facility, Crozier Fine Art, One Star Ledger Plaza, 69 Court Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102. Once property has been transferred from our York Avenue location, it will not be available for collection at Crozier Fine Arts until Friday, January 25, 2019. Crozier's hours of operation for collection are from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday-Friday. Please note, certain items of property, including but not limited to jewelry, watches, silver and works on panel will remain at 1334 York Avenue. Invoices and statements will indicate your property's location. For more information regarding collection from our offsite facility, please visit sothebys.com/pickup.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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拍品資料及來源

This unique carved wooden vane depicts a Holstein dairy cow, the world's most productive milk producer and a favorite of farmers in the northeastern U.S. to this day. The maker was probably a dairy farmer who owned a herd of Holsteins, and the completely different black and white patterns he painted on either side of the vane suggest he may have been creating a portrait of a specific animal. The cow's thin tail is pewter, a malleable alloy of tin that was widely used to make tableware from the Bronze Age into the late nineteenth century. One wonders if the maker of this vane melted down a couple of the family's spoons to shape into his cow's tail.