拍品专文
A similar group of hobos is illustrated in Machmer, Just For Nice (Reading: HSBC, 1991) fig. 198, 199, p.49.
ATTRIBUTED TO THE "JAIL CARVERS," PHILADELPHIA, ACTIVE 1900-1945
细节
A GROUP OF SIX CARVED AND PAINTED WOODEN FIGURES
Attributed to the "Jail Carvers," Philadelphia, active 1900-1945
Comprising 6 male figures, the first, with cigar and blue jacket; the second, with brown jacket and blue trousers; the third, with cigarette and green jacket; the fourth, with black jacket and red trousers; the fifth, with bald and bleeding head and large watch chain; the sixth, holding bottle inscribed "RED EYE" with arm around metal lampost and dog urinating on molded rectangular plinth, lampost electrified
13¼in. high the largest (6)
Attributed to the "Jail Carvers," Philadelphia, active 1900-1945
Comprising 6 male figures, the first, with cigar and blue jacket; the second, with brown jacket and blue trousers; the third, with cigarette and green jacket; the fourth, with black jacket and red trousers; the fifth, with bald and bleeding head and large watch chain; the sixth, holding bottle inscribed "RED EYE" with arm around metal lampost and dog urinating on molded rectangular plinth, lampost electrified
13¼in. high the largest (6)