Folk Art Carved Stone Fish, Raymond Coins, (NC 1904-1998)

A large stone representation of a fish, with distinguishing details carved on both sides, the flat bottom is signed "W R COINS".

22 in.

Private Collection. Purchased from the artist by the consignor in 1986.

Coins' works are featured in the American Folk Art Museum. After retiring from a career of farming and working in a tobacco warehouse, Raymond Coins found he was bored and restless. So the Virginia-born citizen of rural North Carolina started carving stones in imitation of the Native American arrowheads, tomahawks, and other similar items.

No condition concerns.

$800 - 1,200