American Cubist Gouache & Pastel Portrait Painting of Robert Lerner Chicago by Michael Hurson 1980 Paintings a wonderful Art Deco turquoise

a wonderful Art Deco turquoise blue volcanic glazed ceramic vase

it is signed lower left and titled to the verso

The table having a gently tapered pedestal column with subtle ring turnings to the top & base

Hardy was an accomplished sculptor

This work was acquired from the Portland Art museum in 2008

American Cubist Gouache & Pastel Portrait Painting of Robert Lerner Chicago by Michael Hurson 1980 Paintings a wonderful Art Deco turquoiseAmerican cubist portrait painting of the American academic Michael Lerner, by the Modernist artist Michael Hurson (1941 2007). This whimsical portrait is painted in the cubist style and is of the American academic & medieval historian professor Robert Lerner, the composition is in pencil and charcoal with pastel & gouache on handmade paper. Michael Hurson was a modernist, innovative painter and sculptor whose styles ranged from Cubism to Pop Art, this