MID-CENTURY FIGURATIVE PAINTING ON HAVANA CIGAR BOX LID Hanging Lights silverplate

silverplate

typical of Murano

Dimensions: 52cm h x 59

Framed oil on board painting depicting the Venice Carnival

MID-CENTURY FIGURATIVE PAINTING ON HAVANA CIGAR BOX LID Hanging Lights silverplateMid Century French expressive figurative study painted directly onto the lid of a Flor de Lobeto Habana cigar box. Depicting an elegant silhouetted figure poised before a line of shadowed spectators, suggestive of a fashion runway or theatrical presentation. The restrained palette and elongated form recall Mid Century fashion illustration. Mounted behind glass within a softly weathered carved wooden frame. The reverse retains the original Havana cigar