Three-Quarters View, Peter Passuntino Painterly Oil on Paper Portrait of a Man, 1960s mixed media painting seeming all the more existential

seeming all the more existential

and there is some lacquer loss to the underside of the box

with minor paint loss/surface wear and one small hole along the left edge of the wood panel--all to the good I think

with three whales circling around the perimeter

There is one nail sticking up at the center top

Three-Quarters View, Peter Passuntino Painterly Oil on Paper Portrait of a Man, 1960s mixed media painting seeming all the more existentialA couple more works on paper today by Peter Passuntino (b. Chicago, 1936), dating to the 1960s this and a second portrait, which I think may both be self portraits but I'm not entirely sure. (Lots out there about Passuntino, including photos.) I find them both very full of life, and tender too, and this one beautifully, skillfully painted, and better in person. 10" x 10 1 2". Oil, ink, watercolor on heavy paper. Very good condition. Bio (courtesy MGH