SOLD Woman in Blue Old Folk Art Painting on Wood Panel the old homestead I purchased this together with

I purchased this together with the “Good Luck” bird drawing I just listed

and more slowly the one below it

4 5/16" w x 4" t x 2 3/4" d and in very good condition

Signed (incised) on the underside but indecipherable

From 1940 to 1960

SOLD Woman in Blue Old Folk Art Painting on Wood Panel the old homestead I purchased this together withThis woman in blue with her almond shaped eyes reminds me so much of a Modigliani beauty that I'd be inclined to think this was a folk art copy of one of his paintings, but I can't find a reference for her, and the cursive signature and name of the subject written in pencil on reverse certainly look like older (19th century) handwriting to me. In any case, a really wonderful portrait, right down to those beautifully rounded fingers, folded across the