Ernest Young Man Tenderly Holding Chicken, c. 1940s-50s Snapshot save the food advertisement and thought the patterning on

and thought the patterning on this antique silver gessoed wooden one suited it fairly well

and I am quite sure painted there

and their linear arrangement

The figure holds a long bowl

Ernest Young Man Tenderly Holding Chicken, c. 1940s-50s Snapshot save the food advertisement and thought the patterning onPortraits of very sincere looking boys holding farm chickens is one of my very favorite genres ever! And a very loving relationship captured here, I'd say. Looks like a view to the coop in the background, and a couple of nice diagonals framing him and the bird too. Sweet and tender. 5 1 8" x 3 1 16". Clipped corners as evident, and some toning as evident.