Lot 5063
  • 5063

Carved and Painted Wood Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi, circa 1925

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Carved and Painted Wood Monument to Garibaldi
  • signed Alventino Barbaresifece
  • Height 62 in.
pine, including repurposed packing crates; multi-tiered monument with applied letters and carved ornaments and a vasiform top surmounted by a stylized soldier, signed Alventino Barbaresi fece.

Literature

Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo, "Beyond Tradition: A Folk Art Collection in New Hampshire," Antiques & Fine Art, vol. VII, issue 2, Summer/Autumn 2006, p. 132.

Condition

Paint appears original, accumulated surface dirt.
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Catalogue Note

Barbaresi (1882-1967) immigrated to the United States from Italy in 1911 and was naturalized. The 1930 census lists him as a cabinetmaker in a factory (likely the Kittinger Furniture Company), living on Brucella Street in Buffalo, New York with his wife, Antoinette, his two daughters, and a boarder.