L'Acteur Du Maine Vintage Caricature wooden wall shelf horsehair bristles

horsehair bristles

streamlined form

I believe this box would have been used to store tobacco

Price is per sign (so $22 each or the lot of 4 for $66

L'Acteur Du Maine Vintage Caricature wooden wall shelf horsehair bristlesI love the dramatic moodiness of this old (1953) caricature drawing of a young man or perhaps young woman? presumably an emerging thespian from Maine. I'd guess it was done by a street artist at a fair or tourist destination, and can just picture the scene, with the sullen subject reluctantly sitting for the portrait, perhaps forced by a parent nearby who has informed the artist of their child's acting aspirations! Surely a great gift for your