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Modern Design, Tiffany, Art Nouveau, Decorative Continental Works

Fri, Sep 12, 2014 05:00PM EDT - Sat, Sep 13, 2014 05:00PM EDT
Lot 237

Carved and Polychromed Tobacconist

Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000

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Wall Hanging probably Maryland or Virginia, mid to late 19th century, deeply carved pine depicting a black man wearing a straw hat and surrounded by tobacco leaves tied at bottom with yellow ribbon, 15-3/4 x 25 in., probably original paint with scattered wear and losses especially to nose and lower lip, dent at brim of hat, scattered paint retouch to leaves and face, minor losses at corners. Provenance: Collection of Tony and Marie Shank, Marion, South Carolina; The Levison & Cullen Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, 1998; Collection of Thomas A. Gray, Brunk Auctions, March 2010, lot 346; Private South Carolina Collection

Condition

probably original paint with scattered wear and losses especially to nose and lower lip, dent at brim of hat, scattered paint retouch to leaves and face, minor losses at corners