C. 1940s-50s Oil on Canvas Painting of Young Woman in Yellow Mending illustration a monkey rides a horse

a monkey rides a horse

I love the extra long and thin shape of the middle fingers  especially

but would guess 1920s-30s

or to use one of the pieces shaped like a foot/hook instead—or certainly there are lots of other things one might do with these great little mini tools

C. 1940s-50s Oil on Canvas Painting of Young Woman in Yellow Mending illustration a monkey rides a horseNot really my usual style, but when I came across this painting in Maine yesterday it would not let me go. To me, it has a bit of a WPA feeling about it, and this lovely, rosy cheeked young woman seems to me quietly heroic, looking as if perhaps a few months pregnant and mending (I assume) what looks more like a sheet or blanket than a shirt, and so feels somehow more hopeful and future oriented than a mundane daily chore. (And or perhaps the wear to