C. 1940s-50s Hand-painted Auto Bulbs Sign on Cardboard red painted lead devil Inhabited by three animals and

Inhabited by three animals and a tiny lady I found with it

I’ve been drawn like a magnet lately to paintings with solid black grounds— so satisfyingly graphic

which I can never get enough of

some potted and some growing free and some with birds perched atop them

Craven (there is some debate about it from what I've read

C. 1940s-50s Hand-painted Auto Bulbs Sign on Cardboard red painted lead devil Inhabited by three animals andThis and a second one just listed I purchased from a dealer in the Hudson River Valley who always has wonderful things of great variety; I'd guess these originated at a service station not far from there, c. 1940s. Hand painted on cardboard with that best blue paint on white ground, making one nostalgic for the nearly lost art of sign painting and also for the prices of yesteryear! 13 3 4" x 13 3 4". Overall pretty good condition; general wear with a