Ballantine Ale c. 1950 Flat Top Copper Beer Cans Swedish folk art spoons 7 7/8" widest diameter

7 7/8" widest diameter

measures 4 1/2" tall x 1 7/8" in diameter

with wear and some dryness/light cracking to the wood (which I have not touched)

There is an additional hinged mat (which I have folded back to photograph the drawing) that lies over the front of the drawing (easily removed) with plastic to protect it (shown in last photo)

These wooden clapsticks

Ballantine Ale c. 1950 Flat Top Copper Beer Cans Swedish folk art spoons 7 7/8" widest diameterI bought these cans in homage to Jasper Johns, who made them icons of art history through his Painted Bronze (Ale Cans), 1960, and a series of works on paper based on them. As the story goes, Bill de Kooning told Johns "you could give that son of a bitch two beer cans and he could sell them," referring to Leo Castelli, to which Johns responded, "what a wonderful idea for a sculpture. And while of course there is much more to the story than this, with