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Wooden Rooster Whirligig by Bradford Naugler
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Wooden Rooster Whirligig by Bradford Naugler
Estimate:
CA$600 - CA$900
Sold
CA$250
Live Auction
Folk Art
ARTIST
Bradford Naugler is a carver and painter from Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. He began carving and painting in 1989, after working in the woods, and as a labourer and house painter. He is well known for his carvings of peacocks, roosters, seagulls, bears and small to life-size human figures, and the signature red and black checkerboard frames on his paintings. He has also carved mermaids, deer, bobcats and a number of other animals. Naugler's famed work includes a commission for the Confederation Gallery in Prince Edward Island, for whom he did life sized carvings of the ten fathers of confederation. His six foot carved "Black Bear" was donated to the Canadiana Fund, and is now located at the official residence in Ottawa. He is featured in the 1994 National Film Board production, "Folk Art Found Me", and has also been featured in a number of television shows. His work toured the British Isles as part of the Canadian Cultural Heritage Exhibition (1989) and is included in the collection of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and in collections throughout North America and Europe.
Size
38.5" x 19.5" x 30".
Category
Carvings & Sculptures
Description
Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. 1999. Bradford Naugler's whirligig carving features a black rooster with a red comb and rotating red and black blade-like wings. The zany piece is mounted to a small red house which has four directional indicators painted blue with metaltop discs that point out from the corners. Signed, "Bradford Naugler 1999".
Condition
Very good condition.
Medium
Softwood, metal.
Provenance
From the Lawrence and late Linda Laing Collection.
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