The Gaori Homestead, Sweet Old Painted Cigarette Tin with Note Inside Swedish wooden plate Gouache on cardboard

Gouache on cardboard

two scenes from "The Hillman and the Housewife

This super charming green bird is the work of Yves Robitaille (b

including for the fact that they're plenty large and heavy to function as bookends (or doorstops for that matter

8 1/2" x 7 9/16" x 3/4"

The Gaori Homestead, Sweet Old Painted Cigarette Tin with Note Inside Swedish wooden plate Gouache on cardboardA sweet little thing, which I love for the naive farmhouse painting on its face, and also for the note inside which dismisses the value of the painting but proclaims its folkloric value! Painted by a Willie Gaori of the "Gaori homestead," c. 1940s or so I believe. 5 7 8" x 4 1 4" x 3 4" and in good condition.