Bidspirit auction | David Carlin ”Cowboy” Carved Netsuke

David Carlin ”Cowboy” Carved Netsuke 1989 - David Carlin (American, 20th-21st c). Carved boxwood with bone inlay netsuke titled ”Cowboy” depicting cowboy boots, a hat, and rope on a wooden post. Carved 1989 from a single piece of boxwood. With a wooden tomobako. As commented on by Carlin: ”Once upon a time in the West and once upon a fencepost, pieces of a cowboys [sic] life hung worn and well worked. Tomorrow, perhaps, on down the line to another fencepost, home for the night.” Exhibition: ”Treasured Miniatures: Contemporary Netsuke, ” British Museum (March 10-April 17, 1994), Los Angeles County Museum of Art (May 26-August 14, 1994.) Provenance: Purchased from Michael Spindel Ltd., April 19, 1990. Height: 3 in x width: 1 1/2 in x depth: 1 in . Condition: There are no chips, cracks, losses, or breaks,