American, 19th Century
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American, 19th Century

Figural Nutcracker

細節
American, 19th Century
Figural Nutcracker
varnish on wood
8 1/2 in. high, 1 3/4 in. wide, 10 1/4 in. long
來源
James Kronen, New York
出版
Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Primitive: Discoveries in Folk Sculpture (New York, 1988), p. 254.

拍品專文

This nutcracker employs several artistic techniques, including stylized carving and detailed incised drawing. The sculpted faces are suggestive of those from the Bena Lulua tribe of central Africa (American Primitive, p. 254), while the drawings that run along the handles, rendering a bird, trees and leaves with precision and artistry, evoke Pennsylvania German traditions. Figural Nutcracker also displays elements of whimsy as the small, reclining face on the end of the handle reads as a baby, and the movement of the nutcracker replicates a baby being rocked in a cradle.

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