LARGE FOLKART CASTLE PENKNIFE CARVING PHILA SIGNED Start Price USD 400.00 Current Price USD 400.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, September 06, 2008 End Time Saturday, September 13, 2008 Location Collingswood, New Jersey See more about ' LARGE FOLKART CASTLE PENKNIFE CARVING PHILA SIGNED' Description VERY UNUSUAL FIND !  THIS CAME FROM THE HOME OF A VERY ARTSY COUPLE WHO WERE VERY HIP AND WERE AT THE PEAK OF THEIR LIVES DURING THE LATE 1950s AND 60s. IT IS A LARGE CARVING DONE ON AN OLD GROWTH PINE PLANK THAT MEASURES 20 1/2in BY 35in. THE BOARD IS ONE PIECE , SO IT IS AN OLD GROWTH TREE AND APPEARS TO BE PINE. THE BOARD IS 3/4in THICK. IT IS SIGNED LEN PIGHINI , THERE IS ALSO AN OLD ORIGINAL TRADE CARD ON THE BACK .  THE CARD STATES LEN PIGHINI ARTISTRY ON WOOD CARVED WITH PENKNIFE.  HIS ADDRESS AND PHONE # ARE ALSO ON THE CARD.  BECAUSE THE PHONE # IS THE OLD NUMBER STYLE , I WOULD DATE THE PIECE FROM THE LATE 1950s OR EARLY 1960s. THE HANGER CHAIN COULD BE HAND WROUGHT AND IS SECURED WITH EARLY HANDMADE NAILS.  IT APPEARS THAT THE ARTIST WANTED TO GIVE IT AN EARLY RUSTIC LOOK. THE PIECE HAS A SLIGHT RICH GLOSS BUT IS WAX AND NOT ANY KIND OF SYNTHETIC FINISH. THIS HAD TO BE A TIME CONSUMING PIECE TO CARVE, CREATE,  AND IT WAS ALL DONE WITH A PENKNIFE.  THE CARVING WAS A LABOR OF LOVE.  I FEEL THIS PIECE FALLS INTO THE CATAGORY OF URBAN 60s FOLK ART . I COVERED THE CARD ON THE BACK WITH PLASTIC AND TAPED OVER IT TO PROTECT IT. PLEASE EXAMINE ALL 12 PHOTOS WELL, SUPERSIZE, MAXIMIZE AND EXAMINE WELL. THIS IS A TRUE PIECE OF 1960s URBAN FOLK ART. IF ANYONE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT THE ARTIST AND WOULD LIKE TO SHARE , PLEASE EMAIL ME.  SHIPPING IS 26.50 +INS.  THE PIECE IS LARGE AND NEEDS TO BE PACKED RIGHT. PLEASE EMAIL WITH ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE BIDDING.  THE PIECE IS ALL ORIGINAL AND UNTAMPERED WITH, IT IS IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION AND A TRUE WORK OF ART ! Place a Bid!