Benton-esque Old Folk Art Slate Painting, House With Mill beautiy but rarely come across one

but rarely come across one I like as much as this guy

and organic

just light general wear and fairly minor paper losses to the exterior of the lid

Shorter measures 8 1/2" l x 3/4" wide and deep

There are two fine tears to the surface of the painting at lower right (running from bottom right edge and lower right edge)

Benton-esque Old Folk Art Slate Painting, House With Mill beautiy but rarely come across oneI found this one in Western MA, probably not far form where it was painted I believe about 100 years ago on a school slate well older that that, with initials carved into the wood on one side. What struck me especially was the palette and gesturally painted passages of near abstraction, unusual in my experience for a folk painting on slate, and immediately making me think of Thomas Hart Benton. Also feels kind of Adirondack y. 12 3 4 x 8 3 4 and in