Abstract Mid-Century Painting on Paper by Leon Hovsepian painted wood owl I think this is just

I think this is just about a perfect object

as if ready to hop away

6 1/2 inches at widest diameter

or spread across the surface of a mid-century credenza

a big farmhouse table and filling with hedge apples

Abstract Mid-Century Painting on Paper by Leon Hovsepian painted wood owl I think this is justI think this is just a gem of a paintingquintessentially mid century and really an elegant little piece. Made with black ink, watercolor and pencil on paper, it is the work of Leon Hovsepian (1911 2019), whose estate (including huge, beautiful studio) in Worcester, MA I purchased it from. While the sale was loaded with other (mostly much larger) paintings and sculptures by him, this was my very favoriteperhaps including for the fact that his light