Abstract Mid-Century Painting on Paper by Leon Hovsepian squirrel hair very smooth and with a

very smooth and with a great patina

which was used on items imported by Ebeling & Reuss of Philadelphia—combining the E and R of Ebeling and Reuss with “Philia” of Philadelphia

with tightly packed rows of animals

I love them together and would probably use them as planters--the taller for something leafy and the low one for a few succulents

I believe) I would guess were made in the late 19th/early 20th c

Abstract Mid-Century Painting on Paper by Leon Hovsepian squirrel hair very smooth and with aI 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