Two Sweet Carved Birds the happy family Quite an intimate portrait

Quite an intimate portrait

48 cards printed in different colors with sequences of geometrical forms

very much part of the Cedar Tavern circle (de Kooning

21" long fully extended

clearly handmade from a scrap chunk of wood

Two Sweet Carved Birds the happy family Quite an intimate portraitThese two were carved by the same maker and I really like the way they sit together, so am selling them as a pair. I'd think the one on the right is meant to be a dove, and I should know but am not sure about the one at left, which appears to have a small crest and a slightly hooked beak. Both done without a lot of fuss, and I think quite lovely in their simplicity. Not super old but with some years on them for sure, with a bit of warming to their dry