1968 Folk Art Painting of Urn with Flowers on Masonite Board, Signed Harvard The name reflected a merger

The name reflected a merger of two aspects of ceramic design--art and engineering--with projects including studio pottery pieces made by Lee

made by someone a hundred years ago or so with a great aesthetic sensibility I think

This one certainly calls the drawings of Paul Klee to mind

On the left side of the paper two "Fold" notes mark the spots by which this drawing folds up to show this cast of characters pre-blackout (still a bit risqué

1968 Folk Art Painting of Urn with Flowers on Masonite Board, Signed Harvard The name reflected a mergerThis painting is definitely a folk art piece, but between that sky and off kilter checkerboard floor and super bright bouquet it also has a bit of a Chicago Imagist feel about it to me, while also seeming to reference theorem paintings, with the urn especially almost looking like a cut stencil. All this adds up to what I think is quite a fabulous painting, with an impact quite beyond its smallish size, and which seems just the thing to get one through