Scarce and Notable Richard Saar Mid-Century Cigarette Box with Figural Tray Top pale purple Really a beautiful and special

Really a beautiful and special feeling make do thing

And then those great trees and islands in the background

This one was something of a make do creation

All blank on reverse

framed at the top of this little wall shelf with heart pierced arrow at center is the tintype portrait of handsome mustached man with pink tinted cheeks

Scarce and Notable Richard Saar Mid-Century Cigarette Box with Figural Tray Top pale purple Really a beautiful and specialThough this struck me as vaguely familiar when I found it, and very clearly mid century, I didn't know about Richard Saar and Saar Ceramics but am very happy to now, including to know that Saar was the husband of artist Betye Saar and father of Alison and Lezley! Launched in Lawndale, California and soon relocated to a small Quonset hut in El Segundo, Saar Ceramics studio operated from 1949 to 1962 producing tableware, tiles, and figural sculptures