Carved and Painted Franklin D. Roosevelt Figure, Joe Hrovat (1920-2013),...
Carved and Painted Franklin D. Roosevelt Figure,
Joe Hrovat (1920-2013), West Allis, Wisconsin, dated 1945.
Polychrome carved wooden sculpture depicting U.S. President Roosevelt (1882-1945) in a wheelchair and smoking a long cigarette, signed on reverse, with custom stand, 7cm wide, 10cm deep, 20cm high (3in wide, 4in deep, 8 1/2in high).
Note
Hrovat was a member of the Badger State Carvers Association and Master Carver at the Chappie Fox Circus Museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Provenance
Sherry Pardee, Iowa City, Iowa.
Literature
Robert and Anne Levine, American History in Wood: The Levine Folk Art Collection, (s.n.: Robert and Anne Levine, 2017), 70.
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Carved and Painted Franklin D. Roosevelt Figure,
Joe Hrovat (1920-2013), West Allis, Wisconsin, dated 1945.
Polychrome carved wooden sculpture depicting U.S. President Roosevelt (1882-1945) in a wheelchair and smoking a long cigarette, signed on reverse, with custom stand, 7cm wide, 10cm deep, 20cm high (3in wide, 4in deep, 8 1/2in high).
Note
Hrovat was a member of the Badger State Carvers Association and Master Carver at the Chappie Fox Circus Museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Provenance
Sherry Pardee, Iowa City, Iowa.
Literature
Robert and Anne Levine, American History in Wood: The Levine Folk Art Collection, (s.n.: Robert and Anne Levine, 2017), 70.
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