Walter Ketzler, Am., 1893–1986, Carved Eagle after John Haley Bellamy. signed verso. Biography: An immigrant from Barmen, Germany, Walter Ketzler arrived in New York in 1922 to work as a sign and interior painter in Brooklyn. By 1955, he was working in Portsmouth, living with his wife and son in Eliot, Maine. A skilled professional decorator and cabinetmaker, Ketzler is known to have carved his inspired copies of the Bellamy eagle as a gift for clients, and even went so far as to teach others in his method of copying Bellamy’s handiwork. Link: https://www.incollect.com/articles/new-discoveries-concerning-the-bold-art-of-john-haley-bellamy_1
Dimensions: 7"H x 25"W x 4 1/2"D
Property from a New York collection
(APIN163)(MM)
