A Very Large 19thC Italian Primitive School Oil on Board sub-Curios The generously sized hand forged

The generously sized hand forged iron bound sarcophagus shaped stained pine dome top trunk having wrought iron handles and reinforced corners

A highly desirable nugget of iconic mid-century exhibition artwork and also a very scarce piece of ephemera

A squirrel knows this well

Having originally been displayed at a news stand or kiosk from the day after John Lennon`s death on Monday 8th December 1980

Cooper is an artist of renown

A Very Large 19thC Italian Primitive School Oil on Board sub-Curios The generously sized hand forgedOrigin: Italian Period: Mid Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1850 70 Height: 39 inches Width: 58. 5 inches The unsigned, unframed and perhaps unfinished, substantially sized work measuring 4. 8 feet x 3. 25 feet and depicting an imagined atmospheric seascape. In fair condition the pictures charm is partly down to its scruffy and unpolished presentation, one end panel is slightly bent and there are scuffs to the whole. The pine