Wonderfully Sculptural Primitive Green Painted Wooden Stool red and tan and also almost as if

and also almost as if it were a photograph of a statue

coarse horsehair bristles (with just a few lighter mixed in)

5/8" wide and deep

Stains and spotting here and there but overall good condition

what looks a bit like the head of a snake emerging from his neck

Wonderfully Sculptural Primitive Green Painted Wooden Stool red and tan and also almost as ifPhotos don't do justice to the sculptural beauty and emphatic presence of this primitive old wooden stool, which lived for many years in the studio of internationally renowned, Providence, RI based artist Richard Fleischner. I recently had the privilege of visiting Fleischner's studio and taking some things away with me, which, for me, are all the more special for that provenance, and for the manner in which they resonate with his work. (I've included