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THBPair of Polly Bushong Folk Art Oils on Panel "Whale Watching" and "Hot Air Balloon Race"
Lot 111A
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Rafael Osona Auctions
21 Washington St. , P.O. Box 2607
Nantucket, MA 02584
United States
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- Lot Description
Pair of Polly Bushong (American 1910-1990) Folk Art Oils on Panel "Whale Watching" and "Hot Air Balloon Race", each signed Polly Bushong, Fecit, in molded walnut frames with gilt liners
13 ¼ in. x 13 ½ in. Overall 18 in. x 15 in.
Polly Bushong and her brother Bobby were famous for their party costumes and their wild sense of humor. They helped enliven the social circuit of artists that dominated the 1950s and 1960s on island. Polly often dressed as a mysterious character, Cora Pratt, in outlandish costumes and carved buck teeth (top left). Photographer Diane Arbus captured Polly as Cora, the Counterfeit Lady, several times with her camera. Daughter and son of a pioneer cinematographer, the Bushongs joined the Artists Association on Nantucket in 1952, and in 1954 held a two-person show at the Kenneth Taylor Galleries. They moved together to Nantucket in 1955. Bobby left a successful career in commercial art in New York City, while Polly was a portrait photographer in their native city of Worcester. Polly was self-taught under the tutelage of her brother, employing a sophisticated folk-art approach to her painting. Bobby studied at the Worcester Art Museum School and at the Museum School in Boston with Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius. They both exhibited at the Lobster Pot Gallery, where attendance for their 1971 opening set a Lobster Pot record, as well as at the Artists Association and the Main Street Gallery, both on Nantucket.” ~ Artists Association of Nantucket.Items may have wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Please contact the gallery for further details prior to bidding. Any condition statement given as a courtesy should not be treated as fact.Condition
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