SOLD Woman in Blue Old Folk Art Painting on Wood Panel the old homestead the largest island in the

the largest island in the Arctic Archipelago and in the territory of Nunavut

What I love most about her are her very large feet

tight fitting threaded lid

with a hole in the center through which the handle of the churn would have fit

Signed (incised) on the underside but indecipherable

SOLD Woman in Blue Old Folk Art Painting on Wood Panel the old homestead the largest island in theThis woman in blue with her almond shaped eyes reminds me so much of a Modigliani beauty that I'd be inclined to think this was a folk art copy of one of his paintings, but I can't find a reference for her, and the cursive signature and name of the subject written in pencil on reverse certainly look like older (19th century) handwriting to me. In any case, a really wonderful portrait, right down to those beautifully rounded fingers, folded across the