Color and Pattern Study on Lightweight Cardboard - No. 4 expressionistic drawing as the lid sits at

as the lid sits at just the slightest bit off square (maybe 1-2 degrees)

at whose estate sale I found it—that it was something—and I was right

The tile itself I believe is transfer decorated

boaters straight ahead

It is very faintly stamped Sierra Leone on the bottom and I believe dates to the 1920s or so

Color and Pattern Study on Lightweight Cardboard - No. 4 expressionistic drawing as the lid sits atI just picked up six of these brilliantly colorful pattern paintings on lightweight board and think they are just gorgeous. They are hand numbered in pencil at top center (this one is 4; the highest number of them is 43, so there were once a whole lot of these). My guess is that they were a (well done) art design school exercise, but at some point, also in pencil, prices ranging from 60 (. 60) to 1. 75 were added at top right, reiterated with hand