Clifford M. Guptill's Sublime 1910 Lubec, Maine Folk Art Glass Windowed Barn in Perfect Paint folk art chalkware Whether this monk achieved sainthood

Whether this monk achieved sainthood I am not entirely sure

the tassels dangling between his legs

and Vassar College Museum

which I believe adds to its appeal as a truly remarkable object

this is not a flaw in the print

Clifford M. Guptill's Sublime 1910 Lubec, Maine Folk Art Glass Windowed Barn in Perfect Paint folk art chalkware Whether this monk achieved sainthoodIf I were to imagine the purest expression of a folk art architectural structure I could, this would be it. And very happily, it was accompanied by a card identifying its maker, Clifford M. Guptill, of Lubec, Maine (the easternmost municipality in the contiguous U. S.) who constructed it at the Lubec Lifesaving Station in 1910. (I've included a 1905 photo of that station found online; perhaps our Clifford is one of the men standing beside it!) All