Details
2214 x 2214 in. (56.5 x 56.5 cm.)
Provenance
Missouri Plain Folk, Sikeston, Missouri
Literature
Emelie Gevalt, “Playing with Design: Gameboards, Art and Culture,” American Insights, ed. Lisa Minardi (Philadelphia, 2024), pp. 249-250, 254, fig. 1, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, The American Folk Art Museum (formerly The Museum of American Folk Art), Playing with Design: Gameboards, Art and Culture¸ 13 September 2024-26 January 2025.
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Reflecting on the present lot, Emelie Gevalt observes that “boards also speak to underlying concepts of competition, risk-taking, and adventure as fundamental to American life” (2024, p. 249).

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