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Exhibition History“American Folk Art: Collection from the Fenimore Art Museum,” Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, January 25, 2001 – March 24, 2001.
“Little Women, Little Men: Folk Portraits of Children from Fenimore Art Museum,” Clark Institute, Williamstown, MA, September 22, 2006 – February 4, 2007; Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, July 2, 2005 – October 16, 2005; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA, October 29, 2005 – December 31, 2005.
"Asa Ames: Occupation Sculpturing," The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA, February 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009; American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY, April 8, 2008 - September 14, 2008.
Artist
Asa Ames
(1824 - 1851)
Head of a Boy
Date1847
DimensionsOverall: 17 1/2 × 16 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (44.5 × 41.9 × 24.1 cm)
Object numberN0402.1955
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Stephen C. Clark
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextLittle is known of Asa Ames, except that the 1850 Federal Census lists him in the town of Evans, in Erie County, New York with the occupation of “sculpturing.” Of the eleven carvings identified as Ames’, most are full or bust-length portraits of children. The subject of Head of a Boy is unknown but remains strikingly lifelike in both carving and paint application, a characteristic of all of Ames’ work before he met his untimely death at the age of 27.Exhibition History“American Folk Art: Collection from the Fenimore Art Museum,” Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, January 25, 2001 – March 24, 2001.
“Little Women, Little Men: Folk Portraits of Children from Fenimore Art Museum,” Clark Institute, Williamstown, MA, September 22, 2006 – February 4, 2007; Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, July 2, 2005 – October 16, 2005; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA, October 29, 2005 – December 31, 2005.
"Asa Ames: Occupation Sculpturing," The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA, February 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009; American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY, April 8, 2008 - September 14, 2008.
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