Painting - Original Sgraffito Oil Painting on Masonite - Material Culture

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Material Culture: Original sgraffito oil painting on quilted masonite by O. Eichsteller painted in the early 1900's. Origin was noted as Swiss or German. Sgraffito, (Italian: “scratched”), in the visual arts, a technique used in painting, which consists of putting down a preliminary surface, covering it with another, and then scratching the superficial layer in such a way that the pattern or shape that emerges is of the lower color.

Material culture is the aspect of social reality grounded in the objects and architecture that surround people. It includes the usage, consumption, creation, and trade of objects as well as the behaviors, norms, and rituals that the objects create or take part in. All of these physical aspects of a culture help to define it.

Provenance, condition and care were recently reviewed with a conservator for the purpose of long term preservation.

Era: 1930's

Condition: Excellent - wear consistent with age and use

Please note the Dimensions of this tiny Antique Art Object: 8.5" width and 5.5" length.

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