Late 20th century, two-part form in carved wood with polychrome, mounted atop a conforming triangular pedestal, signed beneath left shoe.

figure 49 1/2 in.; pedestal 24 1/4 in.

From the Collection of a Gentleman, Cave Springs, Virginia

Bill Rutherfoord was born in New York City in 1950, spending most of his childhood in Mt. Kisco, New York. After earning a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, and an MFA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he first exhibited at New Math Gallery, NYC in 1984, and over the years has been included in gallery and traveling exhibitions alongside artists such as William Eggleston, Robert Colescott, William Christenberry, and Douglas Bourgeois. Rutherfoord’s work is represented in numerous public and private collections throughout the country, including the Taubman Museum of Art. Rutherfoord lives in Roanoke, Virginia with his wife, the painter, Beth Shively.

Repairs to briefcase handle, and to trench near left arm; some surface marks to briefcase corners; surface staining to upper pedestal.