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LoveAntiques Dealersince Jul 2016Approved item843 sales by dealerFree DeliveryAvailable for local pick-up
Gerard Fortin was a French Canadian wood carver/ sculptor from Quebec, who specialised in hand carved folksy items such as lamps and bookends featuring traditional figures. He was active in the 1960s and died in the 1990s.
This example of bookends features an elderly couple sitting in chairs - one feels they are by a fireside. The carvings are very detailed, the faces are very expressive , the floorboards are delineated, there is a rifle on the wall behind the man and pots on a shelf behind the woman. Carved signature to base of female figure. Both figures swivel as required.
measurements
Height:
14 cm
Width:
12 cm
Depth:
12 cm
measurements
declaration
Art & Stuff has clarified that the Gerard Fortin Carved Bookends (LA509662) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being Mid 20th Century