WOODEN SCULPTURE
ST ANTHONY OF PADUA
HIGHT: 57 CM
COMMENTS: MADE OUT OF ONE SOLID BLOCK OF WOOD (APART FROM STAFF)
THIS WOODEN SCULPTURE WAS BOUGHT BY ANDRES LASZLO SR. IN SPAIN OR THE AMERICAS, WHILE HE WAS PUTTING TOGETHER HIS COLLECTION IN THE 1940S AND 1950S
ST ANTHONY OF PADUA HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN CANADA, U.S.A., SWITZERLAND, GERMANY, FRANCE, ETC., SOMETIMES TOGETHER WITH A COLLECTION OF SPANISH GLASS PAINTINGS (LE NAIFS ESPAGNOLS) AND/OR A COLLECTION OF GOYA ENGRAVINGS.
THIS SCULPTURE WAS EXHIBITED AS PART OF "COLLECTION ANDRES LASZLO" AT "GALLERIE JEAN FRANCOISAPESTEGUY" DEUVILLE, PARIS IN 1969 UNDER THE TITLE "1000 AND DE SCULPTURE PRIMITIVES ESPAGNOLES." SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN IN STORAGE.
IN THE CATALOGUE THIS PIECE HAD NUMBER 55, AND THE TEXT READ: 55. SAINT ANTOINE DE PADOUE PAMPELUNE XVIIe - H. : 0.54 ART POPULAIRE
