FUN FANTASY MERMAID PRINT
FROM THE CAHOON MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART IN COTUIT MASSACHUSETTS
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images of bare breasted mermaids at work in the kitchen, baking pies, rolling dough, stirring pot at stove, oysters, fish, one pulling feathers oof duck, sailor at window with clipper ship in background
excellent quality, in excellent overall condition, ready to frame
RALPH CAHOON 1910-1982, CAPE COD BORN
Cahoon's dashing sailors and charming mermaids who inhabit a setting reminiscent of nineteenth-century coastal New England have made him one of America's most popular and recognizable primitive painters. A lifetime spent seaside inspired his whimsical and often fantastical paintings that incorporated sailors, ships, whales, shells, and nautical devices.
The artist's trademark mermaids appeared in his work early in his career. These creatures, historically viewed as sirens who lured sailors to their doom, flirt and cavort shamelessly. Seemingly unimpeded by their tails, they climb trees, ride bicycles, play cards, drink tea, wash clothes, drive cars, dance, scull, fly kites, and bake pies.
The artist's trademark mermaids appeared in his work early in his career. These creatures, historically viewed as sirens who lured sailors to their doom, flirt and cavort shamelessly. Seemingly unimpeded by their tails, they climb trees, ride bicycles, play cards, drink tea, wash clothes, drive cars, dance, scull, fly kites, and bake pies.
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