Art
Artisan Heart Shaped Tramp Art Box by Michael Lavery "Heart and Soul"
- Item Number
- 304
- Estimated Value
- 100 USD
- Sold
- 50 USD to Live Event Bidder
- Number of Bids
- 1 - Bid History
Item Description
This beautiful example of tramp art will embellish any home. This ornate box, crafted in the historic tramp art style, will allow for a safe storage of prized possessions while acting as a conversation piece for years to come. Collectible item/genre.
Michael is a tireless artist, never at a loss for inspiration or creativity. His works are recognized today internationally. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton collects his work and he has a piece in the Vatican Collection in Rome. Also of note is that movie director Steven Spielberg contracted him to build the Ark in the movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark" starring Harrison Ford.
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Item Special Note
Tramp Art is a mainly American genre of art using small pieces of wood, primarily from discarded cigar boxes and shipping crates, whittled into layers of geometric shapes having the outside edges of each layer notch carved, or in the technique of a Crown of Thorns.
Michael Lavery, folk artist in the lively, animated Tramp Art genre, is a well-known folk artist with a wonderfully animated sense of creating something from whatever is at hand. This is the definition of Tramp Art, a style of sculpture taught to Michael back in 1957 by a "tramp artist hobo" laid off by the railroad near where Michael grew up. Michael was once homeless himself and he says it was then "that I began to put to use those skills that this old road man had shown me." He says, "I started creating tramp art full steam in 1978 and haven't stopped yet."
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