Emile Bluteau " Man and His Bear" Canadian Folk Art Sculpture carved face I grabbed this antique Moxie

I grabbed this antique Moxie Nerve Food Co

made by Empire Brush Works of Port Chester

just look at those epaulets

brownish black

The striking contrast between the wood of the matchsticks and their charcoal tips

Emile Bluteau " Man and His Bear" Canadian Folk Art Sculpture carved face I grabbed this antique MoxieIt seems quite Canadian that it should be a black bear rather than a dog that our man here is so lovingly patting, and the French title "L'Homme avec son ours" (Man with his bear) written on the underside perfectly articulates the best friend status of this particular bear! It's the wonderful work of Emile Bluteau (1931 ?), a well known Quebecois folk artist, who began carving in the late 70s, first birds and then "the human condition in all its moods