Emile Bluteau Brown Duck Canadian Folk Art Sculpture jug with plug with the clay body showing

with the clay body showing through especially on and near the foot

The details make them feel very special

3 1/2" tall with a diameter of 3" across

and great addition to a whimsy collection

with a B below for Brenda

Emile Bluteau Brown Duck Canadian Folk Art Sculpture jug with plug with the clay body showingI really really love the matter of factness of this duck; no more than what it needs to be and seemingly perfectly suited to go for a float and I find that flat expanse of chocolate brown paint weirdly but truly satisfying. It's the work of Emile Bluteau (1931 ?), a well known Quebecois folk artist, who began carving in the late 70s, first birds and then"the human condition in all its moods and shapes" as described by Lyle Elder, a great documenter of