Abstract Mid-Century Painting on Paper by Leon Hovsepian painted wood owl 6 1/2 inches at widest

6 1/2 inches at widest diameter

or spread across the surface of a mid-century credenza

some with a darker stain

and in 1922 they began stamping each piece with the circular Jugtown Ware stamp

Abstract Mid-Century Painting on Paper by Leon Hovsepian painted wood owl 6 1/2 inches at widestI think this is just a gem of a paintingquintessentially mid century and really an elegant little piece. Made with black ink, watercolor and pencil on paper, it is the work of Leon Hovsepian (1911 2019), whose estate (including huge, beautiful studio) in Worcester, MA I purchased it from. While the sale was loaded with other (mostly much larger) paintings and sculptures by him, this was my very favoriteperhaps including for the fact that his light