Sculptural Fantasy: The Important American Folk Art Collection of Stephen and Petra Levin

Sculptural Fantasy: The Important American Folk Art Collection of Stephen and Petra Levin

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MASTERPIECE TRAMP ART EIFFEL TOWER, GEORGE PAUL KEILBERG (1876-1932), FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN, 1915

Auction Closed

October 10, 05:49 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 25,000 USD

Lot Details

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MASTERPIECE TRAMP ART EIFFEL TOWER, GEORGE PAUL KEILBERG (1876-1932), FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN, 1915


Height 111 in. by Width 43 in. by Depth 43 ½ in.

Please note the upper-most tweleve-inch spire appears to be a replacement.

Bought at a garage sale in 1987 for 25 cents;

Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Silver, Folk Art and Decorative Arts, June 22. 1994, sale 7924, lot 74.

Clifford A. Wallach and Michael Cornish, Tramp Art One Notch at a Time: The Craft, the Techniques & the Makers, (New York: Wallach-Irons, 1998), pp. 4, 68-9, illus;

Architectural Digest, June 1999, p. 232, illus.