WALDO PEIRCE (NY/ME/MA, 1884-1970)

"The Desert Easel, or Esel (or how to paint sitting on your ass)", oil on canvas, initialed, titled and dated '59 lower right, (also initialed on the ass's ass), signed, titled and dated verso, depicting the artist astride an ass, under an umbrella, confronting a rattlesnake, in gold molded frame with linen liner, gold lip, OS: 28" x 24", SS: 23 1/2" x 19 1/2". Good condition. Provenance: From member of Peirce family