SOLD Woman in Blue Old Folk Art Painting on Wood Panel clubs and frequently featuring figurative elements

and frequently featuring figurative elements like this one

which could not be more perfect

Best is the pinched edge along one side and almost pitcher-like opening at the corner of the other

but also just set somewhere

in a rather decorative manner

SOLD Woman in Blue Old Folk Art Painting on Wood Panel clubs and frequently featuring figurative elementsThis woman in blue with her almond shaped eyes reminds me so much of a Modigliani beauty that I'd be inclined to think this was a folk art copy of one of his paintings, but I can't find a reference for her, and the cursive signature and name of the subject written in pencil on reverse certainly look like older (19th century) handwriting to me. In any case, a really wonderful portrait, right down to those beautifully rounded fingers, folded across the