Wonderful Carved Antique Limberjack with Great Face and Boots e.w. Deming bear sculpture Signed “Richard N

Signed “Richard N

sound and very stable' paper on the back of the head is not shedding

no more than what it needs to be and seemingly perfectly suited to go for a float--and I find that flat expanse of chocolate brown paint weirdly but truly satisfying

and all of the wear including burn marks on the reverse side

Wonderful Carved Antique Limberjack with Great Face and Boots e.w. Deming bear sculpture Signed “Richard NA nice old one, with a great patina and wonderfully, individually carved boots still attached, custom made for tapping! Terrific carved face too, with triangular nose and a wide smile, which appears to have been enhanced with graphite, also to give him eyeballs. With hole running all the way through his chest, he was clearly once held up by a dowel, or perhaps a whole armature with platform, in order to make him dance. Now he can be positioned to