Painted Wooden Folk Art Bull bear without fur and measures 6 1/8" tall

and measures 6 1/8" tall x 5 1/2" at widest

This varnished one

I believe-- repeating around its perimeter

A beautifully produced softcover exhibition catalog produced in conjunction with a retrospective of the influential work of Arshile Gorky (1904-1948) at the Museum of Modern Art in collaboration with the Washington Gallery of Modern Art

Painted Wooden Folk Art Bull bear without fur and measures 6 1/8" tallI love that this little old bull was really made with "no bull" just a silhouette cut out from a piece of wood, painted brown with a stoke of cream for the belly and dab for the eyes, and then a piece of wire through a hole for the horns and a piece of twine for the tail. Can't argue with a thing about it pretty perfect. He's definitely old the wood has split a bit, and the tail has come unravelled, but I rather think all the better for it. Really a