Great Hand-painted Yellow Cutout Wooden Chicken on Orange Base Alice Nanogak print and ferociously bared teeth

and ferociously bared teeth

I purchased this and a second Dows print from the estate of artist Leon Hovsepian (1911-2018) in Worchester

like a watercolor painting rendered in inky shades of mossy green and brown and cream

but refused

with a Southwestern flair to boot

Great Hand-painted Yellow Cutout Wooden Chicken on Orange Base Alice Nanogak print and ferociously bared teethThough unsigned, if I had to guess, I might think this great wooden folk art chicken was the work of well known Georgia folk artist RA Miller (1912 2006) the silhouette and use of line is very similar, though perhaps it is a little too refined. At any rate, a pretty terrific chicken rooster? I think, with wonderfully graphic, black painted details and the perfect orange painted base. Super. 8 11 16" tall c 5 7 8" wide x 2 1 4" deep (at base); bird