Mid-Century French Oil on Board Abstract with Thick Impasto, signed Rene carved man with axe There is a fair amount

There is a fair amount of warping to the wood

The underside is cardboard and the whole thing is quite sturdy and sound and to my sensibilities really pretty fabulous

Dating to the early 1930s I believe and produced by Napier

there have been many iterations of figures with very long noses

a perfect imperfection I assume product of variation in the original dying of the thread

Mid-Century French Oil on Board Abstract with Thick Impasto, signed Rene carved man with axe There is a fair amountNothing I love more that a small painting that feels as complete and resolved as a large one, which I think this one does; a little gem. I purchased it from a dealer whose mother brought it back from Paris many years ago, so know for sure it is French and of course Rene is a clue, too! Great color and nice thick impasto that feels like icing on the cake. Framed as found: 8 1 2" x 6 13 16". Oil, on board I believe: 7 3 4" x 6 1 8". A little dirty, and