NEEDLE • KNIFE • TORCH [&] BRUSH
Steven S. Powers presents, NEEDLE • KNIFE • TORCH [&] BRUSH, a collection of Outsider, Folk Art and good ol' Americana assembled for exhibition and sale at The Philadelphia Antiques & Art Show April 15-17 2016 with a gala preview party April 14. The Navy Yard, Marine Parade Grounds, Philadelphia, PA 19112. StevenSPowers.com for more information.
Steven S. Powers presents, NEEDLE • KNIFE • TORCH [&] BRUSH, a collection of Outsider, Folk Art and good ol' Americana assembled for exhibition and sale at The Philadelphia Antiques & Art Show April 15-17 2016 with a gala preview party April 14. The Navy Yard, Marine Parade Grounds, Philadelphia, PA 19112. StevenSPowers.com for more information.
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Following are three remarkable<br />
embroideries by Joseph Roth, a<br />
schizophrenic patient at the<br />
Central Islip Psychiatric Center,<br />
NY 1905.<br />
At least eleven works by Roth<br />
have been identified, ranging in<br />
date from 1905-1921. The<br />
earlier ones while he was in<br />
Central Islip and then later<br />
when he was a patient at the<br />
Binghamton State Hospital.<br />
Roth and these works are an<br />
important addition to the canon<br />
and study of American Outsider<br />
Art.<br />
They are written in broken<br />
English and German, without<br />
punctuation and only in capital<br />
letters. Some are highly<br />
illustrative, while others, like<br />
the examples herein are more<br />
focused on the written word.<br />
Joseph Roth<br />
Kalane.Sunday.August.27.1905..Report<br />
Embroidered thread on linen<br />
Dated: August 27, 1905<br />
Size: 10 3/8" (w) x 16 1/16" (h)<br />
As of now, I have not been able<br />
to identify Roth, however it can<br />
be inferred that he was likely a<br />
German immigrant and that he<br />
was institutionalized for<br />
schizophrenia and having a<br />
“messiah complex.” On four<br />
embroideries Roth declares that<br />
he is the, “World Erloser”<br />
which translates from German<br />
as “savior or redeemer.”<br />
In trying to find Joseph Roth, I<br />
found that the New York Times<br />
and other papers reported in<br />
May of 1902 that a “Joseph<br />
Roth” a butler, was wanted for<br />
check fraud. It may be a