Zook Dioramas Take The Stage Three-Dimensional Artwork To Be Sold At PA Auction Center On Sept. 28
By Karl Pass - September 20, 2024
A large artwork auction featuring Aaron and Abner Zook three-dimensional dioramas will take place at PA Auction Center on Saturday, Sept. 28, at 6 p.m. The facility is located at 1141 Wea Wit St., East Earl Pa. This will be the largest amount of 3D artwork by the late Amish artists ever sold. There will be 22 sold with no reserve. The sale features a portion of the collection of James Binsberger, an avid collector of Zooks work. Binsberger will still retain one of the largest collections of Zooks artwork. Aaron Zook (1921-2003) and Abner Zook (1921-2010) were identical twins and visual artists. The two of them produced well over 1,000 elaborate sculptural creations often depicting scenes of rural Amish culture. Many of the 3D dioramas are very large and extremely heavy. The Zooks created these primarily in the 1970s and 80s, and they are regionally collected. Among the scenes/depictions to be sold will be Lancaster Central Market, the Soudersburg Covered Bridge, and the Clinton Mill in Clinton, N.J. There will be 13 primary sketches that led to the final three-dimensional artworks by Aaron and Abner Zook and a handcrafted Conestoga Wagon and horse drawn plow by Joel Zook. Joel was a cousin. Other artists work in the sale include Abe Zook, Aarons son; Jose Lacera, who worked for Abner; Mary Sensenig; Lorraine Reiff; and Erma Hoover. The auction record price for an Abner Zook diorama was set in 2020 at a Witman Auctioneers sale when they sold a harbor/shipyard scene for $33,000 signed and dated Abner Zook/Womelsdorf, Pa., 1978. The auction preview will take place the week prior to the sale from Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For additional information, call 717-687-7018.
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