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Trompe I'oeil-surrealistic expressions

By epona24, 14 January, 2011
Description

To quote an arts professor to whom I had sent photos of these two pieces "The pieces are indeed wonderful and appear surrealistic expressions and celebration of a young persons life cycle through their death.  A great deal of time was devoted to including highly symbolic images in a well executed chronology. "  The details are somehow lost in the photos...the work is very finely detailed.  Others have seen it as being a wonderful example of 'Trompe I'oeil'...some debate the use of this description.  These are two softwood boards that have no evidence of ever being hung, no markings at all on the back....only an artists name that cannot be traced by conventional means.

 

Category
Folk Art
Medium
Painted softwood boards
Distinguishing marks
Ohaver
Condition
Good
Size and dimensions of this item
21" x 7"
Date Period
1886
History
Found in Nova Scotia but orriginated in the New England states
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For Sale?
No
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