Fantastic Old Felix the Cat Folk Art Doorstop wooden noisemaker Medium: 4" tall

Medium: 4" tall

There are definitely a good number of old folk art Dutch girls and boys out there

a few miles from Otavalo

but almost a full box still

Fantastic Old Felix the Cat Folk Art Doorstop wooden noisemaker Medium: 4" tallI assume this was meant to represent Felix the Cat, but it was done with such minimal fuss that I think it both gets to Felix's essence while also transcending it. And what a magical effect time has had on the creamy white paint, now completely alligatored so as to give this black cat a quire an electric and rather ghoulish guise!! Surely an unplanned effect, but one that makes this especially special, and makes me wish Joyce Pensato were still around