Ballantine Ale c. 1950 Flat Top Copper Beer Cans Swedish folk art spoons stained a rich dark brown

stained a rich dark brown

to reveal the white body beneath

with wear and some dryness/light cracking to the wood (which I have not touched)

measures 4 1/2" tall x 1 7/8" in diameter

Ballantine Ale c. 1950 Flat Top Copper Beer Cans Swedish folk art spoons stained a rich dark brownI bought these cans in homage to Jasper Johns, who made them icons of art history through his Painted Bronze (Ale Cans), 1960, and a series of works on paper based on them. As the story goes, Bill de Kooning told Johns "you could give that son of a bitch two beer cans and he could sell them," referring to Leo Castelli, to which Johns responded, "what a wonderful idea for a sculpture. And while of course there is much more to the story than this, with