Perfectly Distressed Oil on Canvas Painting of Lonely Mansion Dansk Great red comb and yellow

Great red comb and yellow beak and polka dotted legs too

and super satisfying in its lushness

including an essay by Patrick Furneaux tracing the history and development of printmaking centers and cooperatives in the regions featured

measures 7 1/2" x 4 1/8" x 1/2"

just photographed in my own makeshift way

Perfectly Distressed Oil on Canvas Painting of Lonely Mansion Dansk Great red comb and yellowFor me it is the wear to this old paintingsome paint loss and some fading toothat makes it great, imparting this mansion with the sense of having been abandoned long ago, and perhaps haunted now! So moody and evocative, making me want to write all sorts of stories about things that happened inside. Late 19th c. or so Id guess. Oil on linen. 10 x 8 Paint loss and aging as evident, but if handled with a little care it seems pretty stable now.