Mustard Cardigan and Paisley Blouse, Tender Oil on Canvas Portrait Signed Ger. Rain (?) trivet with its dry wood front

with its dry wood front punctuated with old fat nails

I don't really know a thing about the origins of this carved and painted figure

also known as Kōrin Furuya

with MH carved into one long edge of the frame on one side

overall good condition and stable

Mustard Cardigan and Paisley Blouse, Tender Oil on Canvas Portrait Signed Ger. Rain (?) trivet with its dry wood frontMy friend and fellow dealer Kevin Duffy, Candler Arts, posted a photo of this painting from the fields of Brimfield, which made me love it, and want it. I then came across in person it later that day, which sealed the deal. And I learned that someone else had purchased the frame it was in, leaving it behind, which of course heightened my commitment to what I already found a highly empathetic portrait. I presume an older trans woman, perhaps just