SOLD Beautiful 19th C. Primitive Red, Green, Black Painted Checkerboard extruded clay Signed and dated 1982

Signed and dated 1982

Colored pencil and pastel on paper

and I must say I find it a great pleasure to unfurl them and then lock the handles in place

) It also makes a great sculptural object just laid horizontally

it screws closed easily and stays tight

SOLD Beautiful 19th C. Primitive Red, Green, Black Painted Checkerboard extruded clay Signed and dated 1982I spotted this board from a distance hanging on the wall at a shop I frequent regularly in inland Maine the other day and made a beeline for it such a beautiful combination of colors in very old paint; to my eye formal perfection. It does not appear that it was originally symmetrical i. e. I don't think there was ever a second "well" at "top", but it did lose the fourth side of the perimeter framing at the edge of the well that exists. My eye doesn't