The first is modeled as a bumble bee visiting a flower, the standard of the flower set into a log section base, unsigned (small paint scrape to the underside of the blossom); the second is a carving of the Arcangel San Rafael, inscribed dedicated to the Arenas on the bottom and dated 1990, signed on the wind "M? Oriedo"(lacking an object in the left hand; scattered paint flaking

Bee 16.25 x 9 in.

From the Estate of the late Nicholas and Jeanne Arena, Chapel Hill, NC
Nicholas and Jeanne Arena met while studying at the Museum College of Art in Philadelphia. After successful careers in Philadelphia and Manhattan, they founded their own design firm, Nicholas Arena Associates, in Greenwich, CT. Avid collectors, their aesthetic was primarily mid-century modern, with a knack for mixing in the antique.