Men Working, c. 1940s Hand-painted Hardboard Sign on Wooden Post duncan's yoyo long neglected house

long neglected house

) Also written are a series of names

how I love this drawing

its made of cast brass

9 3/4" t x 4 1/2" and in very good condition

Men Working, c. 1940s Hand-painted Hardboard Sign on Wooden Post duncan's yoyo long neglected houseI find the clean, bold, hand painted black letters against oyster white ground here satisfying and quite beautiful, but most of all, when I found this, I was thinking about all of the contexts in which might resonate and situations it might serve to contextualize earnestly and poignantly, and critically satirically, all. No end of possibilities. In its black against white capital lettered spareness and declarativeness, it makes me think of I Am A Man