Property from the Collection of Leslie and Peter Warwick, Middletown, New Jersey
A 'Man and the Moon' Pictorial Hooked Rug, Probably New York, Circa 1910
Auction Closed
January 25, 06:34 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
wool
30 ¼ in. by 50 in.
depicting a woman praying to ‘the Man in the Moon,’ which looms over a tree of hearts; the woman linked by a vine of hearts to a man in boots on the left surrounded by a white cloud and the initials JC on his right.
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Muriel Stuart Warwick, New York Antiques Show, 1948.
American Folk Art Museum, New York, Hooked Rugs in the Folk Art Tradition, 1974;
American Folk Art Museum, New York, The Great Cover-up: American Rugs on Beds, Tables, and Floors, June 5-September 9, 2007.
Joel and Kate Kopp, American Hooked and Sown Rugs, Folk Art Under Foot, 1974, pp. 96-7;
Remi Spriggs, “Living with antiques: An Americana collection in New Jersey,” Magazine Antiques (April 2005), 94-105;
Stephen Donelian, "When Home Was Where the Art Was,"Art Review, The Great Cover-Up," New York Times, June 8, 2007, p. E38.
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