Lovely Old Stone Fruit Pair of Pears (nicely bruised!) 1977 I may especially love this

I may especially love this Inuit piece because the expressions and postures of the two figures remind me EXACTLY of photographs of my older brother and I playing in the snow when we are kids

an artist who I believe worked and taught in  North Carolina

Career: Instructor

6 5/8” tall x 2” wide

but I think the maybe the outlines of the the image were printed

Lovely Old Stone Fruit Pair of Pears (nicely bruised!) 1977 I may especially love thisSince finding an exquisitely bruised looking old stone fruit peach, I've been on the hunt, with a very particular eye to what I'm looking for. This pair of pears looking like maybe a Bartlett and and Anjou completely fits the bill! Beautiful form, great color, very pear like bruising, nice wooden stems they look positively ready to slice up and put on the cheese board. I do believe old stone (marble) fruit, like clay marbles and bone domino, have