Benton-esque Old Folk Art Slate Painting, House With Mill beautiy wonderful yellow

wonderful yellow

There are two fine tears to the surface of the painting at lower right (running from bottom right edge and lower right edge)

just light general wear and fairly minor paper losses to the exterior of the lid

Pulling the slide out a little while blowing into the mouth hole/slit just around the corner of the fipple produces a strong

but rarely come across one I like as much as this guy

Benton-esque Old Folk Art Slate Painting, House With Mill beautiy wonderful yellowI found this one in Western MA, probably not far form where it was painted I believe about 100 years ago on a school slate well older that that, with initials carved into the wood on one side. What struck me especially was the palette and gesturally painted passages of near abstraction, unusual in my experience for a folk painting on slate, and immediately making me think of Thomas Hart Benton. Also feels kind of Adirondack y. 12 3 4 x 8 3 4 and in