1968 Folk Art Painting of Urn with Flowers on Masonite Board, Signed Harvard with only pretty minor loss

with only pretty minor loss here and there

On the left side of the paper two "Fold" notes mark the spots by which this drawing folds up to show this cast of characters pre-blackout (still a bit risqué

what a wonderful representation of U

I especially love his very pink cheeks

with some dryness/aging to the wood

1968 Folk Art Painting of Urn with Flowers on Masonite Board, Signed Harvard with only pretty minor lossThis painting is definitely a folk art piece, but between that sky and off kilter checkerboard floor and super bright bouquet it also has a bit of a Chicago Imagist feel about it to me, while also seeming to reference theorem paintings, with the urn especially almost looking like a cut stencil. All this adds up to what I think is quite a fabulous painting, with an impact quite beyond its smallish size, and which seems just the thing to get one through