Very Naive Little Carved Man with Blue Coat and Black Beard funny snake hard trying

hard trying

with the right had about to push off from the ground

and it seems perhaps the watercolor was based on a still from a movie

I would guess has a hundred years on it

with silver leaves around the perimeter (akin to what one sees on framed painted miniature portraits of the time) that amplify the borders on the lid itself

Very Naive Little Carved Man with Blue Coat and Black Beard funny snake hard tryingIt was a week of little things, even more so than usual, including this little carved man, found at an antique show in Boxborough, MA. Perhaps he lost his family along with way and now finds himself alone and untethered, feeling to me rather like a character from Beckett. 2 15 16" t x 5 8" w. Good condition, no losses, crudely carved and painted (which is much of why love him), black marker and watercolor on wood.