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Exhibition History“Folk Art Masters,” The Menello Museum of American Folk Art, Orlando, FL, September 19, 2001 – January 6, 2002.
Artist
Unidentified Artist
(American)
Horse
Datec. 1875
MediumPainted pine wood
DimensionsOverall: 19 1/2 × 41 × 4 in. (49.5 × 104.1 × 10.2 cm)
Object numberN0159.1961
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Stephen C. Clark
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThis wooden sculpture, actually a weathervane pattern, is a hand carving used to create molds from which multiple copies could then be produced for commercial sale. The image of a determined trotter, with head lowered and tail extended, was popularized in the 1860s by the success of the famous trotter Dexter who was portrayed in a wide variety of media by American artists and draftsmen. Dexter also appears in a drawing, N0118.1961.Exhibition History“Folk Art Masters,” The Menello Museum of American Folk Art, Orlando, FL, September 19, 2001 – January 6, 2002.
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