Lot # 297
Annual Marine, China Trade & Sporting Art Auction, August 15-16, 2009
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CARVED AND PAINTED EAGLE PLAQUE WITH "INDEPENDENCE NOW AND FOREVER" BANNER, BY LUCIEN K. GREEN (1913-2005), ROCKLAND, MAINE.
Sold: $9,360.00 ($8,000)
The plaque's reverse labeled "Lucien K. Green," incised "LKG" and inscribed "Copy of eagle by/ John Halley Bellamy Kittery Pt. Me. died 1924/ Friend of Mark Twain and Winslow Homer." Length 50 inches.
Literature: Green's work is discussed and illustrated in Joseph W.P. Frost, "The Heritage of Woodcarving: An Exhibition of Decorative Arts by John Haley Bellamy, Master Ship Carver and Seven Rockland, Maine Carvers," Farnsworth Museum, 1975.
Literature: Green's work is discussed and illustrated in Joseph W.P. Frost, "The Heritage of Woodcarving: An Exhibition of Decorative Arts by John Haley Bellamy, Master Ship Carver and Seven Rockland, Maine Carvers," Farnsworth Museum, 1975.