Wonderful Old Hand-carved, Painted Man with Glasses carving by rita which seems it might have

which seems it might have just driven off of a film noir set of the 40s or early 50s

The figures tilt a bit forward or back

And I really love the sweetness of this one

A couple of pages show staining as pictured but overall pretty good condition and the construction type paper on which they were drawn is not especially brittle

though now I think I might mount him on the wall balanced on a few strategically placed nails

Wonderful Old Hand-carved, Painted Man with Glasses carving by rita which seems it might haveA charmer of an old carving, with this dapper fellow looking to me as if about to accept an important award, perhaps a Pulitzer, or an Oscar, or the Nobel Prize! As such, he seems especially good company to me and one with whom I might share all of my best ideas! Really wonderfully done, those excellent spectacles best of all, with blue eyes behind them and a terrifically painterly face. 4 7 16" t x 1 1 2" w x 1" d and in excellent condition, 1940s or