Red Spotted Old Carved Folk Art Monkey with Moving Arms old whimsy Over these years and distances

Over these years and distances he has seen some things

the chain with loop is 4 3/4" long

with stairs marching down---I also love its internal tensions and contradictions

with a hanger on the back

Red Spotted Old Carved Folk Art Monkey with Moving Arms old whimsy Over these years and distancesThis wonderful monkey came from the estate of the late Chicago based collector and arts patron Ruth Horwich, who was among the founders of the Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art in 1967, and later a Trustee. She and her husband Leonard collected for more than half a century an eclectic mix of folk, nave, and outsider art as well as many works by Chicago Imagists, and and a large collection of work by Alexander Calder. Clearly her great eye ran to