A Large Early 20thC Double-Sided Sign Written Advertising Sign; 'Café’ c.1920 sub-Art & Sculpture or through natural disaster

or through natural disaster

each primitively sculpted with accentuated features and with flat backs and integral hanging hooks

the figures standing on plinth bases with scroll ends

The warm dedication suggests a close personal connection and places the drawing firmly within the private creative world that surrounded the Lees in the 1970s

A Large Early 20thC Double-Sided Sign Written Advertising Sign; 'Café’ c.1920 sub-Art & Sculpture or through natural disasterOrigin: English Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1920 Width: 45 Height: 37. 5 (with fixings) Depth: 2. 75 The wonderfully atmospheric double sided caf sign of rectangular form, constructed from joined timber boards within a moulded frame and suspended from its original iron hanging rods with disc terminals, with both faces being sign written with the word Cafe in a flowing, confident script, executed in black with a green shadowing,