Antique Folk Art Painting on Cardboard of Boy's "First Attempt" at Shaving vintage jugtown pottery and surely one of a

and surely one of a kind

I think whoever made this one had a pretty terrific design sensibility

it reminds me a lot of one of my favorite objects ever: an early Arikara Native American hide shield held in the collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City

and later established his own workshop in Mexico City--La India Bonita

I believe this piece is specifically by Wilhelm Kagel Jr

Antique Folk Art Painting on Cardboard of Boy's "First Attempt" at Shaving vintage jugtown pottery and surely one of aPerhaps my favorite thing about this little painting is the young boy's reflection in the mirror of his bureau, rendered very lightly and facing us directly. Our subject hardly looks old enough to be shaving, but what a dramatic moment to capture, as he stares wide eyed (those blue blue eyes!) at his bleeding cheek, soaped brush and straight razor in hand. In fact, I think this little painting is pretty poignant in its portrayal of a adolescent rite