Unstretched Oil on Canvas Portrait of Handsome Young Man  Native American souvenir totem pole in a combination of pen

in a combination of pen

and was executed on laid paper with a 1813 watermark

a few decorative borders

I assume this clock face would have been made for teaching time

Unstretched Oil on Canvas Portrait of Handsome Young Man  Native American souvenir totem pole in a combination of penNo way could I resist this handsome fellow posing in his tight fitting trunks, with what I take for a fair bit of attitude, too. Something about the angle of the burgundy curtain to his right and beams overhead and lines of the stool gives the composition a bit of a Diebenkorn feeling to me, and this young man's face I think has a bit of a Modigliani aspect, too. Found in Massachusetts, this is unsigned and I dont know who painted it, but I might