02-25-200102-25-2001
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2056
February 25, 2001 10:00 AMCalender
1089

Painted Wood and Metal Flying Fish Whirligig

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$575$500
Auction: Sale #2056 - 2056Location: BoltonDate / Time: February 25, 2001 10:00AM

Description:

Painted Wood and Metal "Flying Fish" Whirligig, America, c. 1940, painted blue-green with glass marble eyes and cut-out sheet metal fins and teeth, tall stand, (weathered surface, missing eye),ht. 6, lg. 25, dp. 11 in. Provenance: Raymond Saroff/Howard Rose collection, Aarne Anton/American Primitive Gallery. Exhibitions: "The Fine Art of American Folk," The Edith C. Blum Institute, Bard College, 1990.
Estimate $1,300-1,700

Keywords

cut-out sheet metal fins, Howard Rose, Raymond Saroff, Bard College, Edith C. Blum Institute