Folk Art Style Polychrome Sculpture of Hand with All Seeing Eye

Item Details

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A polychrome folk art-style sculpture by an anonymous artist. The rustic piece depicts an open hand facing upwards, with a red and blue all-seeing eye gazing outward from the palm’s center. The work rests on a rectangular painted wooden base. The piece appears to be marked to the front of the base; however, no clear artist attribution could be made.

Condition

- to poor; wear, chips and disintegration to some edges of the sculpture; overall wear, nicks, chipping and scuffs to sculpture and base; marks, discoloration, dust and accretion present throughout; chipping to paint; flaking to finish throughout base.

Dimensions

- measures with base.

Item #

18BOS055-041