Description: A hard wood carving of the face of the BVM. Hard wood from the bark to the heart inside of a small log that is 14" high and 4.5" D. The wood stand is 4.5" high and 6 x 6" square.


History: The history of wood carving has from the remotest ages the decoration of wood as a foremost art. The North American Indian carves his wooden fish-hook or his pipe stem just as the Polynesian works patterns on his paddle. The native of Guyana decorates his cavassa grater with a well-conceived scheme of incised scrolls, while the native of Loango Bay distorts his spoon with a design of perhaps figures standing up in full relief carrying a hammock. Figure-work seems to have been universal. To carve a figure in wood may be not only more difficult but also less satisfactory than sculpting with marble, owing to the tendency of wood to crack, to be damaged by insects, or to suffer from changes in the atmosphere. The texture of the material, too, often proves challenging to the expression of features, especially in the classic type of youthful face. On the other hand, magnificent examples exist of the more rugged features of age: the beetling brows, the furrows and lines neutralizing the defects of the grain of the wood. In ancient work the surface may not have been of such consequence, for figures as a rule being painted for protection and especially color.

Provenance: Lorber Estate, Palm Beach, FL


Dimensions: Weight (Pounds & Ounces) = 8 | Height(in) = 18 | Width(in) = 10 | Depth(in) = 10

Size of Artwork(in): 14 4.5"


Artist Name: N/A


Medium: Hard wood


Circa: Circa 1940

Good condition. Natural crack on left side of face from the head down.