Lois Gross Smiley Vintage Mixed Media Painting of Two Figures knife set 17 1/4" tall x 12

17 1/4" tall x 12 3/4" wide x 9" deep and in very good vintage condition

8 1/2" straight across

3" tall x 3" diameter and in excellent condition

it bears a strong resemblance to Californian Architectural Pottery pieces  from the 1950s and 1960s

with the posts perfect for stacking rings and things

Lois Gross Smiley Vintage Mixed Media Painting of Two Figures knife set 17 1/4" tall x 12I purchased this painting by Lois Gross Smiley (1925 2018) out of the studio of her estate in Wellesley, MA. Born in New York City in 1925, Smiley attended the Dalton School in New York, where she studied under Mexican muralist Rufino Tamayo and the abstract expressionist Vaclav Vytlacil. Smiley went on to major in painting at Sarah Lawrence College where she received her BA in 1946, studying art history under German expressionist Kurt Roesch and