velvet paintings - Collecting Tiki

T tikicoma Grand Member (9 years) wakinekona Joined: Jan 16, 2010 Posts: 839	T tikicoma Posted posted on Tue, Apr 16, 2013 12:13 AM Picked this up last saturday, Manapua Vendor by Erwin Honolulu... Reminds me of Leetegs Adze Man. It's 27"x22" has been reframed but this was stuck to the back, Aside from repeatedly misspelling Erwin as "Irwin" it also states that Leeteg worked for Erwin for a buck an hour in 1935 and 1939, which I doubt, then seems to contradict itself. So I'd guess the rest would be suspect as well, but I would like to know if it was Leetegs letters to Erwin that Mitchner used or was that another error and it was letters to, say, Barney Davis? aloha, tikicoma p.s. the color off, the shirt is more blue. [ Edited by: tikicoma 2013-04-16 00:17 ]

Picked this up last saturday, Manapua Vendor by Erwin Honolulu...

Reminds me of Leetegs Adze Man. It's 27"x22" has been reframed but this was stuck to the back,

Aside from repeatedly misspelling Erwin as "Irwin" it also states that Leeteg worked for Erwin for a buck an hour in 1935 and 1939, which I doubt, then seems to contradict itself. So I'd guess the rest would be suspect as well, but I would like to know if it was Leetegs letters to Erwin that Mitchner used or was that another error and it was letters to, say, Barney Davis?

aloha, tikicoma

p.s. the color off, the shirt is more blue.

[ Edited by: tikicoma 2013-04-16 00:17 ]

Post #674548 by tikicoma on Tue, Apr 16, 2013 12:13 AM