Shields Landon (S.L) Jones Portrait of a Woman in Blue Blouse mid-century nutcracker and is nice and tall

and is nice and tall for branches or big Asiatic lilies

"The perfect gift for that Special DO-NOTHING Friend /  that Useless Necessity a Husband / that Absolute Necessity a Wiife / Designed for Those Who are Going in Either Direction and a Reduction Gear for Big Wheels

and appears to box

While it is almost concealed

but there is second hanger sewn onto the back of the frame from which it can be hung and turned straight-- or just prop it up somewhere

Shields Landon (S.L) Jones Portrait of a Woman in Blue Blouse mid-century nutcracker and is nice and tallI wasn't familiar with the work of Shields Landon Jones (b. Indian Mills, WV 1901; died Hinton, WV 1997) when I found this drawing I just completely fell in love with her face! but have learned a bit about him since, and quite an interesting artist, and human, he seems to have been. The Smithsonian Museum of Art (among many other institutions including the American Folk Art Museum) has a terrific collection of his work, which included both fabulous