Peaches and Grapes, Antique Folk Art Oil on Board Painting old wooden signcle hand-drawn in black and yellow

hand-drawn in black and yellow ink and mailed in 1907 from Halifax

8 13/16" wide and deep

from a lot that had been purchased from the home and studio of Jeff Lalish

whittled to taper at the tail end

it just struck me as quite a beautiful thing

Peaches and Grapes, Antique Folk Art Oil on Board Painting old wooden signcle hand-drawn in black and yellowA nicely atmospheric old oil on board painting of a pair of dangling peaches and a bunch of grapes. The tall narrow shape of the board is somewhat unusual, and I must say the vertically oriented composition with strategically arranged hanging fruits makes me wonder whether this wasn't meant as a nod to a nude torso of a woman?! Maybe that's just me, or maybe it was subconscious or maybe it was a very deliberate visual metaphor! Whatever the case, I