Color and Pattern Study on Lightweight Cardboard - No. 4 expressionistic drawing But also just a beautiful

But also just a beautiful display piece

boaters straight ahead

and wonderfully hand-painted

I'd guess this oversized reproduction was made in the mid-20th century (though I have found no others like it) and was beautifully done--solid bronze

It is very faintly stamped Sierra Leone on the bottom and I believe dates to the 1920s or so

Color and Pattern Study on Lightweight Cardboard - No. 4 expressionistic drawing But also just a beautifulI just picked up six of these brilliantly colorful pattern paintings on lightweight board and think they are just gorgeous. They are hand numbered in pencil at top center (this one is 4; the highest number of them is 43, so there were once a whole lot of these). My guess is that they were a (well done) art design school exercise, but at some point, also in pencil, prices ranging from 60 (. 60) to 1. 75 were added at top right, reiterated with hand