Navajo Cuff c. 1920s

Tribe: Navajo 

Date: 1920s / 1930s

Artisan: Anonymous Navajo master craftsman 

Hallmark: Unmarked, as is typical for pieces from this era

Materials: Beautiful blue turquoise and sterling silver

Condition: Excellent condition with approriate wear. no damage to the stone or the silver.

Size: 1.5" wide; 5.75" inside circumference; plus a one-inch gap opening 

Weight: 43 grams /over 1-5/8 ounces

Paul Klee "Cat and Bird" 1928

A wonderful gesture drawing!

Cat and Bird, Date: 1928, Medium: Oil and ink on gessoed canvas, mounted on wood, Dimensions: 15: x 21," Credit Line::Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection Fund and gift of Suzy Prudden and Joan H. Meijer in memory of F. H. Hirschland, MoMA Number:300.1975

From:

http://rumriverartcenter.blogspot.com/2011/12/artist-paul-klee-cat-and-bird.html

Paul Klee's work is simple and complicated at same time. Klee was a Swiss artist/teacher from the early 1900s who liked to transform the things he saw into simple geometric shapes. His "Cat and Bird” masterwork from 1928 is a splendid example of this philosophy.

Klee grew up in a musical family and was himself a violinist. After much hesitation he chose to study art -- not music -- and he attended the Munich Academy in 1900. Klee loved to use continuous lines in his work -- note that the cat's head and the bird were drawn with one continuous line.

"High Water Everywhere" Charley Patton

High Water Everywhere sung by Charley Patton with a slideshow of pictures from the 1927 Mississippi Flood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfORF-K4iK4