Basket of Peaches, Antique Oil on Canvas (with a few tears) drawing for kid's room Text on each dish identifies

Text on each dish identifies the characters and their professions: Guignol himself

which makes me at least like it all the more

toward what's around the curve of the bowl

and especially the kick at the end of that great "L"

Basket of Peaches, Antique Oil on Canvas (with a few tears) drawing for kid's room Text on each dish identifiesThis old folk painting of a basket of peaches has a few obvious tears in the canvas, but I like the big spill of them so much and it seems rather right that one would just want to tear right into them! With a nice sort of moodiness about it, and also a real radiance and pop to the fruit in the right light (more so than my photos convey.) Late 19th c. or so, I believe. 20 1 4" x 16 1 4". Tears to the canvas as documented. In generally good condition