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AMERICAN FOLK ART - CAROUSEL
The Fun House Collection of Carousel Animals
THE WORD 'CAROUSEL' DERIVES FROM THE ITALIAN, 'CAROSELLO', OR 'LITTLE WAR.' BROUGHT BACK DURING THE CRUSADES, THE GAME INVOLVED THROWING CLAY BALLS OF SCENTED WATER BETWEEN GALLOPING HORSEMEN IN A RING. IT WAS IN THE 16TH CENTURY THAT THE FRENCH NAMED THE SPECTACLE, CAROUSEL, AND TURNED IT INTO A TOURNAMENT OF FINERY, FINESSE, AND THE ART OF THE CHEVALIER. EXPERT EUROPEAN CARVERS OF THE LATE 19TH CENTURY TRANSPLANTED TO AMERICAN SOIL, IMMORTALIZED THOSE TRADITIONS IN THESE BRILLIANTLY HAND CRAFTED MASTER WORKS OF AMERICAN FOLK ART. THE FOLLOWING FINE AND RARE FIGURES ARE PRODUCTS OF THE GREATEST ARTISTS IN THE FIELD AND REPRESENT THE PINNACLE OF THE CRAFT.
EXTREMELY RARE CARVED AND PAINTING CAROUSEL WHITE TIGER
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EXTREMELY RARE CARVED AND PAINTING CAROUSEL WHITE TIGER
E. JOY MORRIS, PHILADELPHIA, C. 1902.
BLACKED STRIPED TIGER, WITH RED, BLUE AND TAN SADDLE, WITH INTERTWINED CHEST STRAPS, THE LION CARRIES THE TRADITIONAL SCROLLED BLANKET WITH MERMAID FIGURE BEHIND THE SADDLE. INCLUDES PEDESTAL RESTORED AND PAINTED BY PENNY MEYERS, THE TIGER WAS LAST AT THE CIRCUS CIRCUS CAROUSEL IN LAS VEGAS. DIMENSIONS: 55 IN. TALL X 70 IN. LONG X 16 IN. WIDE. EDWARD JOY MORRIS CREATED LESS THAN TWO DOZEN CAROUSELS DURING HIS SHORT CAREER. HE EMPLOYED MASTER WOOD CARVERS SUCH AS CHARLES LEOPOLD AND SALVATORE CERNIGILARO TO CREATE A DISTINCTIVE MORRIS STYLE WHICH SET HIS APART FROM THE CREATIONS OF THE NEARBY DENTZEL FACTORY. THE WORKS ARE ONES OF ENDURING GRACE AND BEAUTY AND ARE AMONG THE MOST FINEST MADE DURING THIS GOLDEN AGE OF CAROUSEL FOLK ART.
E. JOY MORRIS, PHILADELPHIA, C. 1902.
BLACKED STRIPED TIGER, WITH RED, BLUE AND TAN SADDLE, WITH INTERTWINED CHEST STRAPS, THE LION CARRIES THE TRADITIONAL SCROLLED BLANKET WITH MERMAID FIGURE BEHIND THE SADDLE. INCLUDES PEDESTAL RESTORED AND PAINTED BY PENNY MEYERS, THE TIGER WAS LAST AT THE CIRCUS CIRCUS CAROUSEL IN LAS VEGAS. DIMENSIONS: 55 IN. TALL X 70 IN. LONG X 16 IN. WIDE. EDWARD JOY MORRIS CREATED LESS THAN TWO DOZEN CAROUSELS DURING HIS SHORT CAREER. HE EMPLOYED MASTER WOOD CARVERS SUCH AS CHARLES LEOPOLD AND SALVATORE CERNIGILARO TO CREATE A DISTINCTIVE MORRIS STYLE WHICH SET HIS APART FROM THE CREATIONS OF THE NEARBY DENTZEL FACTORY. THE WORKS ARE ONES OF ENDURING GRACE AND BEAUTY AND ARE AMONG THE MOST FINEST MADE DURING THIS GOLDEN AGE OF CAROUSEL FOLK ART.