Painted Small Relief Carved Portrait of Boy with (Upside down) Teddy Bear leaf-shaped Signed Krantz on the bottom

Signed Krantz on the bottom

I haven't unrolled it to measure the length

as which also might relate to the lone flag planted at the center of the painting

I didn't know this was Art Deco era Napier when I found it--I just thought it was great

Painted Small Relief Carved Portrait of Boy with (Upside down) Teddy Bear leaf-shaped Signed Krantz on the bottomI like this one for its folky strangeness, and for the fact that it was most definitely carved after a photograph, right down to the fact that this young boy holds his (wonderfully awkward) teddy bear upside down! I also like that this buttoned up boy looks as much like a grown man as he does a young child to me appearing as if well on his way to become a suburban banker, or an accountant though I always root for surprises, and he does look a but as