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THE DAILY MAIL, HAGERSTOWN, MD-, FRIDAY, SEFTEMBXScene Hand-Carved From WoodShown above I*, a close-up of one of the hand-carved scenes which make up the unique exhibit of the work* of the late M. Moise Potvin, master Canadian viollnmakOr, now on view at the Great Hagerstown Fair, One of a dozen such tableaux on display in a tent near the Main Exhibition Hall lt;grandstand), the scene above, entitled The Blacksmith Shop,” is carved entirely from wood, with each figure and each piece of furnishing being executed in minutest detail. The scene Is remarkable in Its immobile perfection, but M. Potvin waS | craftsman of ingenious bent Hie entire scene is mechanized so that the blacksmith is actually filing the horseshoe, the. bellow* reallymoves, sparks fly from the anvil, the checker play* actual}? move after Jong deliberation and the .dog (left,, foreground) mAy be seen to really paht; Some’o| tb? other tableaux included in !hev exhibit are X Little Bit Of Ireland,” Home Sweet Home,” One-Pieced Bathing Suit” and StoryWithout Words.” The exhibit, being shown byMr. and Mr*. Ralph Delrae—who' bought fiie collection after, the death of M, Potvin in 1947—la as educational in subject matter as it is interesting from the standpoint of woodcarving art. One wooden, sculpture in the exhibit, Samson and the Lion, has won seven national and international awyds for artistic excellence in the medium,'
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The Daily Mail
Hagerstown, Maryland, US
Fri, Sep 25, 1953
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