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LEROY SCHMALTZ CARVED MINIMALIST TIKI POLE WITH TONGUE.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:800.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD
LEROY SCHMALTZ CARVED MINIMALIST TIKI POLE WITH TONGUE.
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(2020s) One of LeRoy Schmaltz's favorite stylistic pastimes was to mix the primitive with the modern. Here is a casebook study of that artistic ambition. This fantasy Tiki figural carving is bold and simplistic, from it's sharp graphic features to it's bold black wood stain coloring. LeRoy did a good deal of this in his early years with Schmaltz and Van Oosting but very quickly went down the road of elaboration and detail as the commercial needs of OA grew. Here, in his lead up to retirement, he revisited his impressionistic past. A very handsome Tiki standing at 3-foot tall. Created as a collaboration between LeRoy and his son-in-law, Robert Goodwin. Signed by both. Hardwood with waxed finish. 36"x13". VG+.