Glowing Windows, House on Lake, Radiant Little Antique Folk Art Oil on Board navigation tool This fabulous creature was carved

This fabulous creature was carved from walrus tusk

To my eye quite a formally beautiful image as well as a historically rich one

these silks were issued by Murad cigarettes to entice smokers

Presumed loss of wheeled base as noted

with some surface cracking on the green painted reverse side and one small surface loss at upper left above "Bear

Glowing Windows, House on Lake, Radiant Little Antique Folk Art Oil on Board navigation tool This fabulous creature was carvedA little gem of an old folk art painting I think, oil on academy type board. The whole thing has a glow about it, perfectly encapsulated in tiny orange windows of the cabin! (And the fact that that two unlit windows are painted blue I think tells us that blue here equals darkness and this is a night scene, with that a full moon rather than the sun peeking through the trees. With an especially excellent little tree standing along on the back at left,