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View Images USA East	Hartford, CT John Vivolo 1886-1987 Carvings
	Information: John Vivolo, a maker of polychrome wood figures, who told the Laffals matter of factly that he created ''Men on Chickens'' because he had never seen a man on a chicken before. NY Times

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	Outsider Folk Art Antiques and the Arts Online NY Times Slotin Folk Art Outsider Folk Art
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Bibliography: Laffal. VIVOLO AND HIS WOODEN CHILDREN / HC in dj / biography of folk artist - puppetry, wood carvings /photographs, catalogue "Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century American Folk Art and Artists" by Chuck and Jan Rosenak, Abbeville Press, New York, 1990. "20th Century American Folk, Self Taught, and Outsider Art" by Betty-Carol Sellen, Cynthia J. Johnson, Neal-Schuman Publishers, New York, 1993. "Flying Free: Twentieth-Century Self-Taught Art from the Collection of Ellin and Baron Gordon" by Ellin Gordon, Barbara L. Luck and Tom Patterson, exhibit catalog for The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, 1997. "Self Taught, Outsider, and Folk Art—A guide to American Artists, Locations and Resources" by Betty-Carol Sellen with Cynthia J. Johnson, 2000. "American Self-Taught Art: An Illustrated Analysis of 20th Century Artists and Trends with 1,319 Capsule Biographies" by Florence Laffal and Julius Laffal, 2003. Slotin Folk Art Auction Catalog, Masterpiece Sale, November 4, 2006

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