Antique 31 Inch Hand-painted CALICO Sign tourist kachina Claes Oldenburg

Claes Oldenburg

I just like the idea of them

with terrific yellow button eyes popping against the green paint

cylindrical vase with sculpted

Antique 31 Inch Hand-painted CALICO Sign tourist kachina Claes OldenburgI'd guess this wonderful old sign was hung inside or outside a general store or similar advertising calico fabrics, but of course I also like the image of a litter of calico kittens it brings to mind! Most of all, though, I like the hand painted black letters themselves the skinny second "C" in contrast to the fatter first one, the bold, decisive "A" and "I", and especially the kick at the end of that great "L"! All set against creamy white on a rough