No Trespassing Perfectly Distressed Old Hand-painted Metal Sign origami parasol of song and of wine

of song and of wine / The sights you see there at the St

is found in collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery

" It measures 11" across at widest and 2 1/4" tall

I'd guess they date from sometime between the 1910s-1930s

No Trespassing Perfectly Distressed Old Hand-painted Metal Sign origami parasol of song and of wineI find everything about this sign 100% PERFECT. And, with social distance now the norm, it feels timely and poignant communicating the directive to keep a distance, but doing it in such a completely tender, human e, intimate way. I know that this sign was salvaged from a factory in Indianapolis prior to demolition, where clearly it hung for many many years, with an early incarnation of the lettering still visible under the current hand painted