SOLD Woman in Blue Old Folk Art Painting on Wood Panel the old homestead and more slowly the one

and more slowly the one below it

I purchased this together with the “Good Luck” bird drawing I just listed

tight fitting threaded lid

the largest island in the Arctic Archipelago and in the territory of Nunavut

and I could not not bring it home with me

SOLD Woman in Blue Old Folk Art Painting on Wood Panel the old homestead and more slowly the oneThis 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