The Gaori Homestead, Sweet Old Painted Cigarette Tin with Note Inside Swedish wooden plate like echoes of a fluttering

like echoes of a fluttering arm

Gouache on cardboard

with a very tight fitting lid lid with carved underside that sits flush and holds tight

two scenes from "The Hillman and the Housewife

This super charming green bird is the work of Yves Robitaille (b

The Gaori Homestead, Sweet Old Painted Cigarette Tin with Note Inside Swedish wooden plate like echoes of a flutteringA sweet little thing, which I love for the naive farmhouse painting on its face, and also for the note inside which dismisses the value of the painting but proclaims its folkloric value! Painted by a Willie Gaori of the "Gaori homestead," c. 1940s or so I believe. 5 7 8" x 4 1 4" x 3 4" and in good condition.