Thanks From Anacleto Perales, Hat in Hand: Well Weathered But Wonderful Old Mexican Folk Art Retablo teaching reading There is a dealer in

There is a dealer in a group shop I frequent who has been unloading these old Milton Bradley Froebel blocks one box at a time

The vase has been well used

which surprises me some

So when I spotted this and one other of her prints at an antiques shop recently

I especially love that they show a bit of swagger

Thanks From Anacleto Perales, Hat in Hand: Well Weathered But Wonderful Old Mexican Folk Art Retablo teaching reading There is a dealer inSometimes things are better when they are pristine and sometimes they are better when they are beaten up, and this retablo on tin I think is all the more winning for having clearly lived a life as Anacieto Perales certainly did, in yellow pants here, hat in hand, giving his thanks to Santo Nio De Atocha. The block lettering filling nearly half the painting is excellent visually if hard to read as it fades away toward the left edge and bottom, but