Elegant Mid Century Still Life, Oil on Board, Framed (with Portrait on Reverse) early doll cradle and signed Rene at right

and signed Rene at right center

but is super study and with virtually no paint loss

I think this non-preciousness is made even better when the boards tells stories of the people who made and used them

and certainly it was once mounted to something

I love it formally as much as anything

Elegant Mid Century Still Life, Oil on Board, Framed (with Portrait on Reverse) early doll cradle and signed Rene at rightI've been staring at this painting for a week now, and every time I look at it I am struck all over again by just how serene and lovely it is the perfect version of what it wants to be, I'd say, and really luminous. And that radiant red and gold apple in what I take for a Chinese porcelain bowl is, especially, just about the most beautiful painted apple I've ever seen! Just the right soft taupes for the ground and background, too, and just the right