Abstract Mid-Century Painting on Paper by Leon Hovsepian hand-carved wooden spoon This ceramic mushroom sculpture and

This ceramic mushroom sculpture and flower frog was produced by the Lantz

in Japanese--dates from the Meiji period

a studio potter born in Boston in 1936

1 3/8" diameter at foot

the patterns reference the Shipibo belief that "in mythic times geometric designs covered everything—the sky

Abstract Mid-Century Painting on Paper by Leon Hovsepian hand-carved wooden spoon This ceramic mushroom sculpture andI think this is just a gem of a paintingquintessentially mid century and really an elegant little piece. Made with black ink, watercolor and pencil on paper, it is the work of Leon Hovsepian (1911 2019), whose estate (including huge, beautiful studio) in Worcester, MA I purchased it from. While the sale was loaded with other (mostly much larger) paintings and sculptures by him, this was my very favoriteperhaps including for the fact that his light