Great Old Folk Art Ring Toss Toy Dogs - A Pair John Skeaping shot at 2x magnification

shot at 2x magnification

and this is really among the very best of it I think

(see detailed last  photos) A great housewarming gift

and I like to the think the window form is a nod to Duchamp

I am not 100% certain of this attribution and am pricing this piece far below market for his work

Great Old Folk Art Ring Toss Toy Dogs - A Pair John Skeaping shot at 2x magnificationFound in New Hampshire, this is a terrific pair of old handmade wooden ring toss toys with excellent original teal green and red paint, and metal rings still attached. Hard to beat these smiling faces I think, especially the freckles following the long curves of their upturned snouts! I think it is possible that the strings were replaced at some point, but otherwise they're perfectly in tact, painted on both sides, and in very good shape. I have not