Mid-Century Pastel Brazilian Landscape by Tatiana McKinney - 2 of 2 tiny animals and a vertical radial around

and a vertical radial around the bottom

The top of the turtle fits snugly to its bottom

which fits snugly over the top of the basket

Really a special book

This pumpkin-shaped (or sometimes described as melon-shaped) rich green and bright orange lacquer box with incised vine

Mid-Century Pastel Brazilian Landscape by Tatiana McKinney - 2 of 2 tiny animals and a vertical radial aroundThis is one of a pair of large c. 1950s pastel drawings by Tatiana McKinney (1909 2008) I have in the shop and they are both truly luminous. In a lush palette of soft greens, blues, grays and black, both render mountainous Brazilian landscapes in a manner that feels extremely confident and entirely resolved these really have gravitas, and would command any space in which they are hung. Really, really nice. McKinney grew up in Russia, where she studied