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Lot 1414
  • 1414

M. PAVESE

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
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Description

  • Rocco Pavese
  • Carved and painted pine full length figure
  • 31 by 13 by 13 in.
Carved in Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1910.

Provenance

Pavese family, Grand Rapids, Michigan;
Jim Fisher Collection;
Hill Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan;
Maurice Cohen Collection, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan;
Raymond and Susan Egan Collection, Princeton, New Jersey;
Allan Katz, Woodbridge, Connecticut

Literature

 Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Raymond and Susan Egan Collection, August 5, 2006, lot 774

Condition

Split down the front of the figure from first pearlized button to the upper leg. The left arm moves (intentional?). Missing the third finger on right hand. Paint looks good.
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Catalogue Note

A turn-of-the-century photograph shows Rocco with this carving of his brother in the background, and a sign in front of him that reads: “Rocco Pavese in his profession is considered good musician, can play various instruments and wrote 6 pieces of music. In his early days was hand shoe maker having won prizes at stae [sic] fairs in Detroit year 1901 and year 1904 in Saginaw other cities in Mich. He carved out of wood the statues of St. Anthony also his brother M. Pavese. He made artificial limbs of wood and banana crate patent.”