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Folk Art Painted Artist's Palette Board, Plus
4/12/2014 - Americana: Live Salesroom Auction
American, 20th century. A folk art painted artist's palette board depicting a wooded landscape scene with two sleeping rabbits and a red-breasted bird, PLUS a miniature cotton bale with an African American boy eating a slice of watermelon, labeled Dixie / 1905 on one end, PLUS a painted wax rabbit which lifts up to reveal two baby rabbits and flowers inside of a wax basket, PLUS a woven basket with a wood and painted gesso chicken perched inside; palette ht. 15, wd. 12.5 in.

Condition:  
Crack to finger hold of artist's palette. Scratch to paint near rabbits. Chicken basket with some broken splints. Some small chips to wax rabbits.
Sold: $84.00
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