Charming Antique Naive Miniature Watercolor of House in Orange and Blue beware of modern love or given as a gift

or given as a gift to a fellow student or teacher of the artist’s at the Technic Institute in Nairobi--the address of which is noted on reverse--who brought it back to the states

and circles

as pictured in first photo: 6 1/4” t x 5 5/8” d

carved with a wonderfully primitive figure with Happy New Year (carved backwards to read forwards) arching across one long side of the almond shape

6 3/4” t x 3 5/16” w x 2 1/16” d and in good condition

Charming Antique Naive Miniature Watercolor of House in Orange and Blue beware of modern love or given as a giftI really love this naive little watercolor, most of all for its cheerful and unlikely use of color, animating the front of this cottage with blue horizontal stripes, and then orange stripes running the other direction at the side door, where a tiny figure stands inside looking as if waiting for a visitor. Great orange roof above, and black scalloped edge to the other one. And, rather surprisingly, a glowing orange street lamp too! Sold in the lovely