American WPA Oil painting High Desert Landscape Pacific Northwest Oregon by Arthur Runquist, Circa 1942 Sculpture The folding top inlaid with

The folding top inlaid with scrolling ribbons around a central medallion with a classical garlanded hanging 'jewel' motif

He had several exhibitions at The Museum of Modern Art in New York

a pair of wick nips

the cabinet has twin doors decorated with arched panel surrounded with 'Dutch' ripple molding mounted with a scrolled canopy and corresponding base

dated 1800

American WPA Oil painting High Desert Landscape Pacific Northwest Oregon by Arthur Runquist, Circa 1942 Sculpture The folding top inlaid withA very good Impressionist oil painting of the Oregon High Desert by the celebrated Pacific Northwest WPA artist Arthur Runquist (1891 1971), circa 1942. Arthur Runquist was at the forefront of Northwest art from 1920 onwards, this landscape is an exemplary work from the early 1940s. This landscape was sold in the early 1990s by the revered Portland gallery of Laura Russo. The painting is housed in gilded hardwood frame, condition is excellent, this