Philadelphia Antiques Show 2016_

✷ 122 ✷ FROM THE COLLECTION OF… FROM THE COLLECTION OF… RON RUMFORD DOLAN/MAXWELL, PHILADELPHIA, PA Working with individual artists and artist’s estates has its perils: the more you learn the more you want to own the work! I have worked with Paul Keene, and now his family, since the early 1990s, and therefore have had plenty of time to develop a wish list I’ll never achieve. However, Warrior King was too compelling to ignore for long. Paul made this painting in Haiti in 1953. He had been awarded a John Hay Whitney Fellowship which enabled him and his family to live and work in Port au Prince from 1952–54. He was immediately captivated by the Haitian music, traditions, spirituality, and color that surrounded him. Naturally, this fascination found its way into his paintings. Warrior King is a powerful example of what Paul called “the agitation of the surface”—echoing the cacophony of sound and visual stimulation of his adopted cultural environment. is formal development became the foundation for the creation of his paintings of the 1950s. You can see how I found this work irresistible! RALPH & KAREN D I SAIA OLD LYME, CT AMISH QUILT is is a wonderful piece of art that I have been enjoying for the last 40 years. e seemingly random arrangement of colors and the great variety of blue shades make me feel that I see something di erent every time I look at it. I found this in northern Ohio and traded it for a small, tin decorated box that I had purchased at an antiques show earlier in the day. Based on the fabrics, I believe it dates from around 1930, and that the pattern is called Hummingbirds. e varied color of the background blues seems to create a variation that sets it apart from the typical black. is pattern is complex and the quilting is great. It is quite large and takes an entire wall! I have enjoyed this hanging on our wall for as long as I have owned it. I cannot imagine living without it.