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Home, Sweel Home in Pofvin Display al Show HereThe animated wood carving shown above la an-titled Home Sweet Home and Is one of ths Potvin masterpieces which wilt he on display at the Greeley farm, Home and Sport show sponsored by tha Tribune at Warnoeo, starting Tuesday night and running through Sunday. The earvlng exhibit, one of the most famous in the world, la valued al $300,-DOC. It fa a collection of 14 scenes with mobile characters carved from 92 different kinds of wood brought from all over the world by the late Molse Potvin, famous French Canadian wood carver and violin maker, Potvln'a work haa been acclaimed by critics as “the most amazing example cf fine art produced in tha last 50 years,’' He not only carvedbijt animated the exhibits as well, and in scene* where paintings appear, the artist copied in oil all the miniatures. The life of the man who told stories In wood was, like r.or.z* of his srt, a story with a happy ending. PuivIn, wiiv died Dec, 12, 1 HZ, had finiehed hie work, which wIM reamin a memorial to him through Ihe ages, Home Sweet Home ho valued at $50,000 by Ralph Del Rae, who owns Ihe*collection and Is bringing it to Greeley, It took three and a half years to complete, A Victorian livingroom with all the splendor of ils era, ft Is truly a glorious production wi-lh more than 4,000 pieces of wood making up its parquet floor.T
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Greeley Daily Tribune
Greeley, Colorado, US
Mon, Jun 06, 1955
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