Chaloi Leonty, Russian, 1970 Oil on Cardboard River Landscape with Big Sky hand-painted object and is adhered to a

and is adhered to a paper backing (on which text is written) which measures 5 1/4” x 7 1/4”

I wonder if these charming old barber's pole whimsies were carved by a barber in his spare time

but really could not love it more

with an opening of 7/8" across

) The button at the center is also loose--it works fine

Chaloi Leonty, Russian, 1970 Oil on Cardboard River Landscape with Big Sky hand-painted object and is adhered to aI purchased a small painting by this same Soviet artist, Chaloi Leonty, several months ago, which was such a gem I went back to the seller in Russia to buy two more larger in scale. I especially love the huge painterly blue sky of this one just right against the soft, varied greens and browns of the land and deeper blue of the snaking river. I also love how the bank of trees at center left is perfectly offset by the bridge just to its right, with a