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Exhibition History“Folk Art from the Collection of the New York State Historical Association,” Museum of American Folk Art, NY, January 11, 2000 – February 18, 2000.
Artist
Joseph Schoell
(1907 - 1992)
The Castle to the High Mountain
Date1991
MediumPainted tin
DimensionsOverall: 59 × 32 × 32 1/4 in. (149.9 × 81.3 × 81.9 cm)
Object numberN0185.1992a-e
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Museum Purchase
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextAfter spending four years in a Russian prison camp during World War II, Joseph Schoell came to New York City from Hungary in 1956. He worked as a plumber and tinsmith in New York City and the Long Island area. From the 1960s until his death, Schoell summered in Margaretville, New York and sculpted tin “winter projects” to decorate the lawn of his summer home. His subjects include dragons, the Statue of Liberty, and European castles. Castle to the High Mountain was inspired by Cinderella’s Castle in Disney World, Florida.Exhibition History“Folk Art from the Collection of the New York State Historical Association,” Museum of American Folk Art, NY, January 11, 2000 – February 18, 2000.
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