Red Spotted Old Carved Folk Art Monkey with Moving Arms copper jewelry and handles on either side

and handles on either side to which a string was once attached

and quite sensitive young man

the basket measures 6 1/2" tall

giving them distinct personalities

4 5/8" across from inside of lip

Red Spotted Old Carved Folk Art Monkey with Moving Arms copper jewelry and handles on either sideThis wonderful monkey came from the estate of the late Chicago based collector and arts patron Ruth Horwich, who was among the founders of the Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art in 1967, and later a Trustee. She and her husband Leonard collected for more than half a century an eclectic mix of folk, nave, and outsider art as well as many works by Chicago Imagists, and and a large collection of work by Alexander Calder. Clearly her great eye ran to