Jonathan Bastian (American, 20th century). Oil on board and painted frame, 1989. Signed and dated at lower right. Signed on verso of frame as well. A delightful painting of a grand turkey towering over a petite pilgrim, who is dapperly dressed in his black suit and hat, walking with a cane toward the turkey, and gazing up at the big bird presumbably with admiration. Bastian mesmerizes the viewer with patterns galore -blue and green dots over the turkey's brown body and golden feet; blue and green "eye" motifs surrounded by sienna squiggles against a black ground of the fanned plumage; an azure sky embellished with red, white, and blue streaks and royal blue dots interrupted by a white crescent moon at the lower right; and finally, dark blue-green blades of grass sprouting from the green field. In addition, Bastian painted the frame with red sponge-painted motifs punctuated by green dots. A wonderful folk art painting in the spirit of America's Thanksgiving! Size (painting): 15.25" L x 10.375" W (38.7 cm x 26.4 cm) Size (frame): 17.8" L x 12.875" W (45.2 cm x 32.7 cm)

Autodidact outsider artist Jonathan Bastian has been creating folk art paintings and wood carvings inspired by his Pennsylvania Dutch heritage for three decades. Originally from the Palatinate area of Germany, his ancestors emigrated to the US, landing in New York prior to settling in the Kutztown and Trexlertown area of Pennsylvania. Bastian grew up spending hours and hours in his father's woodworking shop, and his grandmother - Mary Kohler Christman - was a folk artist.

Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010

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Signed and dated at lower right. Signed on verso of frame as well. A few minor scuffs to the frame. Indentation to the found wooden board that Bastian simply painted over (upper plumage). One bristle from his paintbrush is embedded in the painting (beside the bird's right foot).