Box with Key and Handsome Hen, Sweet c. 1940s Snapshot, Framed As Found sixth plate but he's been given a

but he's been given a great hat

I've lately been having fantasies of a huge antique wooden desk with lots of surface for all sorts of old school desk accessories

as I found a few others clearly by the same artist along with it

Box measures 8 1/2" x 7 1/2" x 7/8"

I think this is a fantastic drawing--giving form to "stuck"-ness in an explicitly literal (and very 1970s) way

Box with Key and Handsome Hen, Sweet c. 1940s Snapshot, Framed As Found sixth plate but he's been given aI love a photo of a kid or adolescent standing proudly beside a prized farm animal, and here what a good combination of slightly awkward looking young man and very handsome hen! She's of the Plymouth Rock variety, I believe, and he looks to me pretty smitten with her! I also really like that just to the right of the stump upon which she is perched we glimpse a single key hanging from his belt. I'd call this a valentine of just my sort! Framed: 7 5 8"