Charles Hart Exceedingly Rare Galapagos Penguin

Charles Hart (1862-1960) Gloucester, MA, c. 1920 A six and one half inch tall folk art penguin by this talented North Shore carver. One of only three or four of this species known to exist. Handwritten in pencil “Gallopagos” on the bottom. In all original paint with a chip on the underside of one wing and a couple rubs on the end of the beak.

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