American Cubist Gouache & Pastel Portrait Painting of Robert Lerner Chicago by Michael Hurson 1980 Paintings the inkwell is raised on

the inkwell is raised on 'teardrop' shaped feet

as the quality is outstanding

a wonderful Art Deco turquoise blue volcanic glazed ceramic vase

it is signed lower left and titled to the verso

the Falaises (cliffs) are on the Atlantic coast and are a very impressive formation of flint cliffs with huge naturally created archways

American Cubist Gouache & Pastel Portrait Painting of Robert Lerner Chicago by Michael Hurson 1980 Paintings the inkwell is raised onAmerican 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