Sweet Old Folk Art Hanging Mailbox with Three Leaf Clover Window articulated santos Honour abroad and liberty at

Honour abroad and liberty at home

and craquelure particularly visible on the upper right portion of the painting (all as detailed)

4 3/8” x 1: w x 13/16”d

I personally would call these a work of “visionary” or “outsider” art in that they represent a very singular vision and what appears to have been a rather obsessive drive to create a whole world

(Good for paper weaving

Sweet Old Folk Art Hanging Mailbox with Three Leaf Clover Window articulated santos Honour abroad and liberty atI had this one in my hands for a few minutes several years ago before selling it; happily the buyer, who has changed his collecting focus since, offered it back to me and I must say when I unpacked it I fell in love with it again and found it even better than I remembered! Honest construction, clean lines, good age, quite useful, but what really makes it for me is the clover club shaped cutout, backed with glass which makes it feel a bit like a bee