Lot 983
983
A YELLOW AND BLACK PAINTED CARVED SOW,
This lot is offered without reserve. PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ALASTAIR BRADLEY MARTIN INCLUDING WORKS FROM THE GUENNOL COLLECTION
A YELLOW AND BLACK PAINTED CARVED SOW,

ZOAR, OHIO, CIRCA 1880

Details
A YELLOW AND BLACK PAINTED CARVED SOW,
ZOAR, OHIO, CIRCA 1880
3½in. (9cm.) high, 1½in. (3.8cm.) wide, 7¼in. (18.5cm.) deep
Literature
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Guennol Collection (New York, 1982), vol. 2, pp. 240-241.
Herbert W. Hemphill, Jr., ed., Exhibition catalogue, Folk Sculpture USA, New York, The Brooklyn Museum and Los Angeles, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1976, p. 81.
Exhibited
New York, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Folk Sculpture USA, March 6-May 31, 1976
Los Angeles, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, July 4-August 29, 1976
Special notice
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Lot Essay

In the 1982 Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition catalogue of the Guennol Collection, Adele Earnest writes that "The Zoar sow is attributed to a member of the Zoar community in Ohio, a German 'Separatist' society founded in 1817. According to records the members were dedicated, God-Fearing people who came to this country in search of religious and civil liberty. Each member contributed his or her share of labor and craft. To be able to work with one's hands was considered a godly gift as well as an earthly necessity" (p. 240).

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