NOAH'S ARK; Carl McKenzie; Nada, Kentucky; 1988; paint, marker, and graphite on wood, plastic, nails, and glue; 26 3/0 x 29Âź 5 'Ai". Collection of Larry Hackley.
Folk Canes in Williamsburg On view at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center in Williamsburg, Va., through April 21 are 130 American folk canes, several of wlifeh have not previously been exhibited."Walking Sculpture: American Folk Art Canes from the Collection of George H. Meyer" features late 19th- and early 20th-century canes and walking sticks rendered into works of art and acces-
sories of personal expression. The natural curve of wood suggested many of the carved forms, with subjects including animals, the human form, politics, religion, fraternal organizations, celebrities, military battles, work, and recreation. The exhibition is accompanied by an award-winning catalog, American Folk Art Canes: Personal Sculpture, published in 1992 by Sandringham Press in association with the Museum of American Folk Art. For more information, please call 804/229-1000.
Unusual fish knife with the handle exquisitely carved in the form of a female nude. 19th century New England,6 inches high.
Correction
BIBLICAL ANIMALS; attributed to Alanson Porter Dean; New York; 1884; varnished American boxwood; nickel-silver ferrule with steel washer and screw; 35 Yi 6 2.Collection of George H. Meyer.
Townsend Wolfe, Director and Chief Curator of The Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, was inadvertently omitted as the curator of"Twentieth Century American Sculpture at the White House: Exhibition H." ("Miniatures," Fall 1995, Vol. 20, No. 3, p. 39).
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