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
VERY RARE GLASS AND WOOD WHIMSY OF THE VICES OF MAN, POSSIBLY MADE BY REMIE LAFLEUR, CIRCA 1915
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October 10, 05:49 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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VERY RARE GLASS AND WOOD WHIMSY OF THE VICES OF MAN, POSSIBLY MADE BY REMIE LAFLEUR, CIRCA 1915
three carved and painted figural scenes, set inside three corked glass globes. Depicts fighting, gambling, and drinking.
Height 35 in. by Diameter 11 ½ in.
Allan Katz, Woodbridge, Connecticut.
Frank Maresca and Roger Ricco, American Vernacular: New Discoveries in Folk, Self-Taught, and Outsider Sculpture, (Boston: Bulfinch Press, 2002), p. 137.