Explore CollectionsFolk and Self-Taught ArtFrench-Canadian/American carved tableau depicting President Franklin Roosevelt at the center with individual carvings of ten figures of his 1933 cabinet around a semicircular table having a parquet floor, wooden paneling on walls and alcoves with bust portraits depicting Lincoln and Washington, electrified sconces and a chandelier in a carved basket style blue case with glazed cover made by Moise Potvin (1876-1948)

French-Canadian/American carved tableau depicting President Franklin Roosevelt at the center with individual carvings of ten figures of his 1933 cabinet around a semicircular table having a parquet floor, wooden paneling on walls and alcoves with bust portraits depicting Lincoln and Washington, electrified sconces and a chandelier in a carved basket style blue case with glazed cover made by Moise Potvin (1876-1948)

Moise Potvin

1876 – 1948

French-Canadian/American carved tableau depicting President Franklin Roosevelt at the center with individual carvings of ten figures of his 1933 cabinet around a semicircular table having a parquet floor, wooden paneling on walls and alcoves with bust portraits depicting Lincoln and Washington, electrified sconces and a chandelier in a carved basket style blue case with glazed cover made by Moise Potvin (1876-1948)

Details

Title

French-Canadian/American carved tableau depicting President Franklin Roosevelt at the center with individual carvings of ten figures of his 1933 cabinet around a semicircular table having a parquet floor, wooden paneling on walls and alcoves with bust portraits depicting Lincoln and Washington, electrified sconces and a chandelier in a carved basket style blue case with glazed cover made by Moise Potvin (1876-1948)

Artist/Maker

Moise Potvin (1876 – 1948)

Date

ca. 1935

Medium

Carved wood and lightbulbs

Dimensions

40 x 66 x 33 inches

Credit

Gift from the Levine Folk Art Collection

Accession #

2020.129

Location

Currently not on view