Carved and Collaged Portrait of General MacArthur signed Don Newhart, Canton Island (Republic of...
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Carved and Collaged Portrait of General MacArthur signed Don Newhart, Canton Island (Republic of Kiribati), 1945. Polychrome hardwood plaque intaglio carved and incised to depict head and shoulder three-quarter view of U.S. General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), with applied military insignia and hand detail, shipping label on reverse inscribed 'P.F.C. Don Newhart / Canton Island / July 1945 (I made it)' and addressed to Newhart's mother in Ithaca, New York, 35cm wide, 2cm deep, 40cm high (14 1/2in wide, 1 1/4in deep, 16in high). Footnotes: Note Donald E. Newhart (1920-71) of Ithaca, New York, was a World War II U.S. Army veteran. Provenance Loy Harrell, Hinesburg, Vermont. Literature Robert and Anne Levine, American History in Wood: The Levine Folk Art Collection, (s.n.: Robert and Anne Levine, 2017), 87. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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