Charles Hart Standing Penguin

Charles Hart (1862-1960) Gloucester, MA, c. 1920 One of the most important mantel sized Hart penguins to ever come on the market, this emperor penguin was a personal favorite of the makers and sat in the Hart family living room for over fifty years. Consigned directly from Charles Hart’s granddaughter, Norma Hart Anderson, the consignor fondly remembers playing with her grandfather’s whimsical carvings in the yard while growing up in Gloucester in the 1940’s (see photo on page 164). Measuring 3 1/2 inches wide, this plump penguin was made into a table lamp and resided at Charles Hart’s 159 Essex Avenue residence in Gloucester where it developed a stellar patina, the surface neatly mapped with even white lead craquelure. Very good original paint with an area of touch up less than 1/2 inch in diameter to the top of the head where it was plugged; chips to the sides of both feet; small areas of paint loss where the putty from the nails have worn away.

Provenance: Private Collection of the artist Charles Howard Hart and his wife Annette By descent to his granddaughter Norma Hart Anderson

Provenance

Private Collection of the artist Charles Howard Hart and his wife Annette By descent to his granddaughter Norma Hart Anderson