Fabulous Old Folk Art Rooster Hemingway excited love and contempt

excited love and contempt

" which she has written again on the back of the frame at a later date

On the underside of the plates are the solutions to the rebuses

Nicely sized at 5 1/2" tall with a diameter of 3 1/4"

Fabulous Old Folk Art Rooster Hemingway excited love and contemptI really love the handling of the wattle on this guy, with just a thin painted black line distinguishing it from the red of his face, itself painted like a mask with cutout for his eye and brow! Great red comb and yellow beak and polka dotted legs too, with an old repaired split to one foot and a bit of loss to the other, but who cares? To me he seems a bit cranky and a bit awkward and possessive of a bit of an attitude but with a very kind and