Red Astrican Apples Under Blue Sky, Old Folk Art Oil on Canvas Bali Initialed with what looks like

Initialed with what looks like LSH on the underside

19 7/8” l x 3 3/4” wide at butt of wood handle x 1 1/4” d

Slip box inner and outer box both in very good condition too

and I am certain that it is by a Brazilian folk artist

heart decorated iron pieces were usually made for a young women's dowry or as wedding presents

Red Astrican Apples Under Blue Sky, Old Folk Art Oil on Canvas Bali Initialed with what looks likeA very winning old folk art painting of apples simple but just right, and clearly filled with admiration for these most iconic of fruits one can just feel the painter arranging them under perfect cloud streaked blue sky to give them their full due. The fact that the back of the painting notes not the name of the artist but, rather, the variety of apple, makes me think the painter likely grew and plucked them his or herself and was quite proud of the