An Early/Mid 20thC Oil & Mixed Media Surrealist Portrait on Board by John Rutherford Armstrong ARA (1893-1973) sub-Curios This skull was probably handled

This skull was probably handled by dental surgeons

well cast of a heavy set gentleman

over a single drawer with knob handle

with pale skin and fine clothing

the work left abandoned and unfinished

An Early/Mid 20thC Oil & Mixed Media Surrealist Portrait on Board by John Rutherford Armstrong ARA (1893-1973) sub-Curios This skull was probably handledOrigin: English Period: Mid 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1930 40 Height: 28. 75 Width: 22. 75 (in frame) The wonderful surrealist oil and mixed media on board, showing a half length portrait of a young to middle aged lady with a further face looming in the dark background, the whole with knitted effect clothing and navy blue paint trickles, being monogramed JA, and signed verso for John Rutherford Armstrong ARA (1893 1973) The condition very