SOLD Woman in Blue Old Folk Art Painting on Wood Panel Japanese bobble head with the hand-painted pipe rendered

with the hand-painted pipe rendered in relief

including the number of Saturdays

then nails where added where they cross

with some toning at corners where it was likely held in an album

SOLD Woman in Blue Old Folk Art Painting on Wood Panel Japanese bobble head with the hand-painted pipe renderedThis woman in blue with her almond shaped eyes reminds me so much of a Modigliani beauty that I'd be inclined to think this was a folk art copy of one of his paintings, but I can't find a reference for her, and the cursive signature and name of the subject written in pencil on reverse certainly look like older (19th century) handwriting to me. In any case, a really wonderful portrait, right down to those beautifully rounded fingers, folded across the