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This marvelous metal sculpture is life-like in appearance and richly detailed. The metal work, with a gardening theme, is of a man holding a long handled shovel, with a foot on the top of the shovel, ready to work.
We believe that this sculpture was created from old style metal nails, the type found back in the forties and fifties time period. The figure’s head, shoulders, arms, hips, and legs are made from these nails, which were tapered and bent to accommodate the proportions the artist needed for his gardening figure. The sculptor used sheet metal for the shovel and a metal rod for the handle.
The figural metal man is mounted on a piece of hardwood which measures 2 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches, and the entire sculpture from the base to the top of the head is 4 1/2 inches tall. What a well thought out and constructed sculpture this is! Stamped under the wooden base with the artisan’s name, Earl Solomon of Orchard Park, New York, this miniature would be a wonderful display item. |
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