Description: You are bidding on a hard to find example of Ivan Barnett's painted tin folk art. This piece is a tiny jewelry brooch/pin in the shape of a star with squared off points. Stamped/signed work from 1987. Measures approx. 2" x 2". In good estate condition, slight bending to one of the points, oxidation to the metal. A little about the artist... Barnett started drawing and making things in his father’s Germantown, Pennsylvania studio in the early 1950s. Isa Barnett was a Philadelphia illustrator studying under the tutelage of Thorton Oakley, a colleague of N.C. Wyeth. When he was 7 his family moved to the countryside, his parents had bought the summer home of Philadelphia inventor Atwalter Kent. It was a wonderful large farmhouse, with outbuildings including a barn which would become the “place of projects” under his father’s watchful eye. Soon Barnett became aware that the young life he was leading was different, he was surrounded by artists of all persuasions, makers of all kinds. Barnett observed from this young age and it is not surprising he became an artist. He went on to attend the Philadelphia College of Art from 1965-1969, studying under instructors Olaf Skoogfors and William Daley. After graduation and a short service in the army, he began his adult life as a maker. By 1980 Barnett was constructing weather vanes, collages, and his favorite, mobiles. The first mobiles were quite basic, using silhouetted folk elements from his time spent in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In 1981 he first received word that famed collector/designer Alexander Girard was acquiring his pieces for the Museum of International Folk Art. Please check out all photos as they are part of the item description and ask any questions before you bid and I promise to respond to the best of my ability. Thanks for looking! Please check out my other listings as I am happy to combine shipping, where possible, to save you some $. Thanks for visiting my shopvintage1221 store and looking! I accept PayPal credit card payments only. Buyer to make payment within 2 days of auction end. AK, HI, PR, or INTERNATIONAL may incur additional postage. I will advise winning bidder if so after auction ends. Feedback will be left as soon as it is received. Thanks!
Price: 11.98 USD
Location: Port Chester, New York
End Time: 2025-01-23T17:56:15.000Z
Shipping Cost: 3.5 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Region of Origin: US, Non-specific region
Size Type/Largest Dimension: Small (Up to 16 in.)
Style: Naive, Primitive
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Material: Metal
Original/Reproduction: Original
Category: Folk Art
Originality: Original
Date of Creation: 1970-1989
Type: Sculptures & Carvings
Color: Multi-Color
Signed: Signed
