Woman with Bowl of Fruit (After Alfredo Ramos Martinez), Ink, Graphite Watercolor on Paper clown figure remnants of which remain here

remnants of which remain here

It is not a matter of it being warped

I might guess mid 20th c or so

an avid collector and former mayor of Maysville

as if the purpose of the green embroidery were to gather up the waves of thread

Woman with Bowl of Fruit (After Alfredo Ramos Martinez), Ink, Graphite Watercolor on Paper clown figure remnants of which remain hereI found this small painting at a shop in central MA and just thought it was great, including for how non plussed this woman looks to be about holding up this bowl of fruit forever! It took me a bit of research to realize that it is after a painting by Mexico born painter and muralist Alfredo Ramos Martnez who lived and worked in Mexico, Paris, and Los Angeles, is considered by many to be the 'Father of Mexican Modernism,' and painted many portraits of