Green Standing Bird with Orange Feet by Canadian Folk Artist Yves Robitaille long legged doll The lacquer is in excellent

The lacquer is in excellent condition

which I have fallen in love with of late

Sprawled out as if soaking up the sun

did a series of drawings late in life of floating forms composed of faces in profile

but very good overall condition with a warm great patina

Green Standing Bird with Orange Feet by Canadian Folk Artist Yves Robitaille long legged doll The lacquer is in excellentWithout consciously realizing it, I have been gravitating to the work of lots of Canadians of late, and especially folk artists in and and around Quebec. This super charming green bird is the work of Yves Robitaille (b. 1939), a widely collected sculptor and woodcarver from Saint Francois de lIle dOrleans. Though he has occasionally carved other small animals, Robitaille is first and foremost a bird carver shorebirds, song birds, hummingbirds, and