Men Working, c. 1940s Hand-painted Hardboard Sign on Wooden Post duncan's yoyo 9 3/4" t x 4

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

awkward hug

7" x 4 7/16" and in very good condition

red lined cape

Men Working, c. 1940s Hand-painted Hardboard Sign on Wooden Post duncan's yoyo 9 3/4" t x 4I 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