1939 Hand-painted Chalkware Portrait of Will Rogers by Artist August Mack chalkboard painting with old tree in between

with old tree in between

complete with arrow pointing to "Home

which it looks like was worm eaten

but certainly flexing one's core muscles to hold there

) Shipped flat (as always

1939 Hand-painted Chalkware Portrait of Will Rogers by Artist August Mack chalkboard painting with old tree in betweenQuite a thing, to which the chalkware bull i just listed might make just the right companion (!), and which itself, a posthumous portrait of Will Rogers by Indiana artist August Mack, represents the convergence of two quite singular individuals, born the same year. (This piece came from a notable folk outsider art collection, different from where i found the bull!) Rogers (1879 1935) gained acclaim as a trick roper and vaudeville actor, and went on to