Mid-Century Gouache on Paper, Unsigned Abstraction in Period Frame Donald duck but is in excellent condition

but is in excellent condition

The post is a separate piece of wood--on which the balls can be turned on the horizontal axis--though I think likely carved from the same block

With a bit of paint loss here and there

served up in a consomme cup decorated with what I'd guess is meant to be a coat of arms

a threshold just waiting to be crossed

Mid-Century Gouache on Paper, Unsigned Abstraction in Period Frame Donald duck but is in excellent conditionThis was the first thing that caught my eye as I walked into a show in Bath, Maine last weekend, and it has caught my eye a hundred times since! Mid century I believe, gouache on what looks like watercolor paper, in a deep period frame, gold on the facing edge. Perhaps this was done in art class as a exercise in color and form, or perhaps the work of a well known practicing artist, maybe signed somewhere not visible. (I have not taken it out of the