Lot Essay
Tino Camanga was a self-taught tattoo artist, active in Honolulu. His career and work is chronicled in the monograph Folk Art Tattoo Flash (San Francisco, 2011).
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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT NEW YORK COLLECTION
Tino "Rosie" Camanga (b. 1910)
Flash Drawing (Cats, Dragon and Deer) and Flash Drawing (Birds, Cowboy and "Small Dracula"), circa 1960
Details
Tino "Rosie" Camanga (b. 1910)
Flash Drawing (Cats, Dragon and Deer) and Flash Drawing (Birds, Cowboy and "Small Dracula"), circa 1960
ink, graphite and acrylic on paper
Cats 10 ¾ x 13 ¾ in.; birds 10 5/8 x 13 7/8 in.
(2)
Flash Drawing (Cats, Dragon and Deer) and Flash Drawing (Birds, Cowboy and "Small Dracula"), circa 1960
ink, graphite and acrylic on paper
Cats 10 ¾ x 13 ¾ in.; birds 10 5/8 x 13 7/8 in.
(2)
Provenance
Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago
Literature
Cats: Donald Edward Hardy, ed., Eye Tattooed America (San Francisco, 1993), p. 27.