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Ike Tennessee Parker Sculpture - $65,000 (Attleboro, MA)
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excellent
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TENNESSEE PARKER -IKE PARKER
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Price: $65,000 OR BEST OFFER, call show contact info ask for Joe
About the Artist
Parker, who was born Wilie Ikemeyer, studied at Berlin's Kiehl Art Academy under two well-known artist of the time. In the 1920s he ad his wife moved to New York City, where he found work drawing editorial cartoons for newspapers.
The U.S. government deported them during World War II because they were not citizens. When the conflict ended, they returned to New York and he became art director for several posh department stores, including Macy's and Bonwit Teller.
In 1972, they relocated to Rhode Island, where Parker worked as editor of the popular Merchandise-Grace Home catalog. Parker spent the later part of his career as an art instructor at Johson & wales University in R.I.. He worked in many different mediums-acrylic, bronze, brass and aluminum.
The artist signed "Ikemeyer" to his political cartoons, "Ike" to his fashion sketches, and "Parker" to most of his paintings. By time he arrived in Rhode Island, he had taken Ike Tennessee Parker as his legal name.
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