Antique Oil on Canvas Rock of Ages Folk Art Painting little folk art carving 4 3/8" long

4 3/8" long

it came from a sketchbook of her drawings from that time--when she was teaching at the Harlem Art Center and working at the New York branch of the WPA graphics division

Though I don't follow the sport or know enough to identify the other boxer here

fairly close to the surface

There is a small hole in the mesh at the center of his mustache and a bit of irregularity running in a vertical line up his nose from the there

Antique Oil on Canvas Rock of Ages Folk Art Painting little folk art carving 4 3/8" longThis super folky painting is in far from from perfect shape, but I think it's so great I don't care. And, actually, in this case I think it's wounds here and there amid the rocks and choppy waters rather add to its effect! Ive just leaned (my ignorance) that the image is referred to as Rock of Ages, coming from a Christian hymn written in 1763, when a reverend from Somerset was caught in a storm, and found refuge in a gap in the gorge he was walking