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Crested Swans
ca. 191084 1/4 x 33 x 30 1/2 in. (214 x 83.8 x 77.5 cm)
John Scholl
United States (Germany, 1827 - 1916)
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Wood and paint
Credit Line:
Marion Stratton Gould Fund
Accession Number:
1970.25
Location: Currently on view
For approximately sixteen years before he died at age 88, John Scholl created over forty imaginative sculptures that he stored in the parlor of his home in Germania, Potter County, Pennsylvania. A builder by trade, Scholl seemed to create these architectural forms as an extension of the decorative fretwork and scrollwork seen on the porches and gables of Victorian homes, many of which were made from pattern book templates. Incorporated into the whimsical creations were traditional European folk art motifs: birds, stars, and sunbursts.
Scholl was proud of his work, and enjoyed showing people through the collection; in good weather, he moved some it out into his yard. When he died of pneumonia, contracted after shoveling snow, Crested Swans was one of the pieces that surrounded Scholl's casket during the wake.
[Gallery label text, 2002]
Scholl was proud of his work, and enjoyed showing people through the collection; in good weather, he moved some it out into his yard. When he died of pneumonia, contracted after shoveling snow, Crested Swans was one of the pieces that surrounded Scholl's casket during the wake.
[Gallery label text, 2002]
Provenance
Stony Point Folk Art Gallery, Stony Point, NY; purchased from them by the Gallery in 1970
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Signs and Symbols: American Folk Sculpture Memorial Art Gallery 3/12/1971 - 5/2/1971
- Harris K. Prior Memorial Exhibition 4/2/1976 - 5/2/1976
- Celebrations in wood: The sculpture of John Scholl (1827-1916) 11/3/1979 - 3/23/1980
- Through the Looking Glass 12/6/1980 - 1/25/1981
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Author: Grier, Katherine C.. Article Scope: Entry. Susan Dodge Peters, ed. Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988. Page Number: 204-205
- Article Title: Acquisition. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 36, Issue Number: 2. Issue Date: October 1970.
- Article Title: Wooden Delights. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. American Heritage Magazine. New York, New York Volume Number: XX, Issue Number: 1. Issue Date: Dec. 1968. Page Number: 18-23
- Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Robert Bishop. American Folk Sculpture. New York, NY: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1974.
- Article Scope: Entry. Herbert W. Hemphill, Jr.. Twentieth-century American Folk Art and Artists. New York, NY: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1974.
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Katherine C. Grier. Celebrations in Wood: The Sculpture of John Scholl (1827-1916). Harrisburg, PA: William Penn Memorial Museum, 1979.
- Article Author: Emans, Charlotte. Article Title: In Celebration of a Sunburst: The Sculpture of John Scholl. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. The Clarion. New York, NY: Museum of American Folk Art Issue Date: Fall 1983. Page Number: 56-59
- Article Author: Knox, Sanka. Article Title: Legacy of a Joyous Whittler is Rediscovered. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. New York Times. New York, NY: New York Times, 1857-. Issue Date: Nov. 14, 1967. Page Number: 49
- Article Author: Grier, Katherine. Article Title: John Scholl's Wooden Wonders. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. New York-Pennsylvania Collector. Page Number: 11-13
- Upstate Magazine.
- Adele Earnest. Folk Art In America: A Personal View. Exton, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Article Author: Addison, Laura M.. Article Title: "Idleness is an Unwanted Stranger". Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Laura M. Addison, ed. No Idle Hands: The Myths & Meanings of Tramp Art. Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2017. Page Number: 99, Figure Number: 3.2, p. 99
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