Oil on Masonite, signed and dated 1958 at upper left, mounted and presented within a gilt frame.

Frame dimensions 24 x 29 3/4 in.

Private Collection, Raleigh, North Carolina

Sterling Strauser was a self-taught artist. He and his wife, Dorothy, were also known throughout the Pocono region as collectors and promoters of folk and outsider art. His paintings are in numerous public collections including Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, Cheekwood Museum, Nashville, Tennessee, and the Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg, Virginia.

Minor rubbing and bumps to corners of Masonite; several minor surface scratches.