SOLD Carved Articulated Folk Art Figure with Goofy Face butter Plus the intensely drawn fence

Plus the intensely drawn fence and neat row of tulips along the front of the house

with lines separating double digits

(Clark was son of landscape painter Walter Clark and Jennifer Woodruff Clark

This miniature  playpen has a kinship with those iconic Schoenhut circus chairs and pedestals I like so much--quite similar in form and sensibility

SOLD Carved Articulated Folk Art Figure with Goofy Face butter Plus the intensely drawn fenceI really love this guy, clearly an old one, carved of pine which has developed a wonderfully warm dry patina over the years, and with this surprisingly goofy face, made so pretty much entirely by his very lopsided smile. As such, he really feels quite singular, and reflective of a particular maker who was probably a bit goofy themself! With a terrifically rounded form to the head and torso that feels just right and gives him an excellent profile. Arms