Lot 297

A Folk Art Carved Pine Group of Lumberjacks

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Closed

Estimate: $500 - $800

Estimate$500 – $800

Status

Closed

A Folk Art Carved Pine Group of Lumberjacks

Henry Dkyer, Granville, Ohio, Second Quarter 20th Century

inscribed on verso Henry Dyker Grdville, Ohio, the carving depicts a lumberjack holding a peavy standing behind log with two other figures standing on an elevated block in the foreground, one holding a small ledger.
Height 14 3/4 x width 10 1/4 x depth 6 inches.

Henry Dyker was born on November 22, 1891 in Murray City (Hocking County), Ohio. From mid-1918 until January 1919, Dyker served in the US Marine Corps. In the 1930 Census, he is listed as the foreman of General Farm. Ten years later, he is listed as the caretaker of another farm. Dyker passed away on March 24, 1974 in Granville, Ohio.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Provenance:

Ex-collection, James O. Keene.

Literature:

Robert Bishop, American Folk Sculpture, (1974, Bonanza Books, New York), p. 336, no. 623.

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Ben Fisher

Managing Director, Furniture and Decorative Arts

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Mr. Fisher rejoined the firm in 2019 after working as a specialist in the American Furniture and Folk Art department at Sotheby’s New York. His areas of expertise include 18th, 19th, and 20th century American, Continental, and English furniture, decorative and folk art. Before coming to Hindman in 2013, Mr. Fisher worked in European Furniture and Decorative Arts in Philadelphia. He began his career working for a prints dealer focusing on works from the 16th through the 20th centuries.

Leah Vogelpohl

AVP, Specialist, American Furniture, Folk, and Decorative Arts

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Ms. Vogelpohl joined the firm in 2013 as a cataloger in the American and European Furniture and Decorative Arts department. She became a department specialist in 2017, focusing on American decorative arts and silver. She received a BA from the College of Charleston and an MLITT in Art History from the University of Glasgow.

The Donald F. Moylan, M.D. Collection of American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts, Part I

A Folk Art Carved Pine Group of Lumberjacks

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