Men Working, c. 1940s Hand-painted Hardboard Sign on Wooden Post duncan's yoyo awkward hug

awkward hug

how I love this drawing

top flap has torn loose

9 3/4" t x 4 1/2" and in very good condition

Another fun one

Men Working, c. 1940s Hand-painted Hardboard Sign on Wooden Post duncan's yoyo awkward hugI find the clean, bold, hand painted black letters against oyster white ground here satisfying and quite beautiful, but most of all, when I found this, I was thinking about all of the contexts in which might resonate and situations it might serve to contextualize earnestly and poignantly, and critically satirically, all. No end of possibilities. In its black against white capital lettered spareness and declarativeness, it makes me think of I Am A Man