C. 1940s-50s Oil on Canvas Painting of Young Woman in Yellow Mending illustration a monkey rides a horse

a monkey rides a horse

7 inches long x 2 11/16" wide x 1 7/8" t

17 3/8" x 12 3/4" x 1" d

Hand-marbled hardcover with cloth spine

C. 1940s-50s Oil on Canvas Painting of Young Woman in Yellow Mending illustration a monkey rides a horseNot really my usual style, but when I came across this painting in Maine yesterday it would not let me go. To me, it has a bit of a WPA feeling about it, and this lovely, rosy cheeked young woman seems to me quietly heroic, looking as if perhaps a few months pregnant and mending (I assume) what looks more like a sheet or blanket than a shirt, and so feels somehow more hopeful and future oriented than a mundane daily chore. (And or perhaps the wear to