1968 Folk Art Painting of Urn with Flowers on Masonite Board, Signed Harvard what a wonderful representation of

what a wonderful representation of U

is that it an early stone carving by Tim De Christopher

The name reflected a merger of two aspects of ceramic design--art and engineering--with projects including studio pottery pieces made by Lee

made by someone a hundred years ago or so with a great aesthetic sensibility I think

I especially love his very pink cheeks

1968 Folk Art Painting of Urn with Flowers on Masonite Board, Signed Harvard what a wonderful representation ofThis 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