L'Acteur Du Maine Vintage Caricature wooden wall shelf The tray is signed C

The tray is signed C

representing characters from black life as she saw it in her town

streamlined form

I believe this box would have been used to store tobacco

L'Acteur Du Maine Vintage Caricature wooden wall shelf The tray is signed CI love the dramatic moodiness of this old (1953) caricature drawing of a young man or perhaps young woman? presumably an emerging thespian from Maine. I'd guess it was done by a street artist at a fair or tourist destination, and can just picture the scene, with the sullen subject reluctantly sitting for the portrait, perhaps forced by a parent nearby who has informed the artist of their child's acting aspirations! Surely a great gift for your