Root Cat Sculpture

Possibly Indiana, c. 1910. Including stand, overall ht. 12, lg. 39 in.

Literature: This cat is pictured on page 109 of American Cat-alogue: The Cat in American Folk Art, by Bruce Johnson, New York, Avon Books in association with the Museum of American Folk Art, 1976.

Sold at Skinner for $4,000.00 (w/o premium) on November 4, 2007.

Philip Chabot

Philip Chabot (1899-1982) was an artist who was first exposed to whittling near the Penobscot Indian Reservation in Canada. His grandmother was a Penobscot who traveled with Buffalo Bill Cody in his Wild West Shows. During WWI he was an airplane photographer. He was a successful inventor and trained and accomplished taxidermist who later worked for The American Museum of Natural History and the NY Zoological Society, traveling the world on research exhibitions. His works went on public exhibit a couple of times, but for half a century were relatively hidden away.

Available at Anonymous Works.

Early 20th Century Folk Art Carved Man

1930's Folk Art Carved Figures

A husband and wife, both quite blocky with swiveling arms and retaining their original flesh-colored, gray, and black paint. American, ca 1920-1940; she is 18" high and he is 17" high.

Sold for $1,035.00 at Cowan's.