Tramp art frame with sokol photograph

NameFrame

CultureCzech- American

Date1932-1933

Place madeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America

MediumWood, glass, photograph, paper, copper wire, metal hooks

Dimensions13 3/8 × 16 9/16 × 1 9/16 in. (34 × 42 × 4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2018.43.1

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value (economic concept)

Object numberFA.2018.43.1

ProvenanceClifford Wallach; Private collection, Bath, Maine, purchased at auction Moses Family collection, Bath, Maine Henry Kalivoda, perhaps the frame and photo's owner if not maker, was a machinist born in Szechoslovakia (Bohemia/Austria) in 1884 who emigrated to the United States in 1905.

DescriptionThis tramp art picture frame has an overall rectangular shape with rounded corners. The there is a layered notch pattern throughout the border of the frame, with four rectangular pyramid shapes in the same tramp are layered notch style in the middle of each of the four edges of the frame. The photo is of 36 individuals on a stage in both traditional clothing and military uniforms. There are three picture frames with photographs in the background.