Mid-Century Modernist Still Life with Mask and Vessels

This is a vertical oil or acrylic painting on board, executed in a mid-century modernist style reminiscent of the Post-Cubist or early Abstract Expressionist movements. The composition features a variety of flat and semi-modeled objects, including a tall green bottle, a pale green ceramic pitcher, a hanging lime-green textile, and a red theater mask with painted green accents and strings. In the lower foreground, there is a gray form suggesting an animal skull or piece of driftwood, resting against a blue pedestal, and a black-and-white harlequin-patterned block. The color palette is dominated by cool greens, teals, and blues, punctuated by the warm ochre of the mask and the red rectangle bearing the letter 'M' below the bottle. The paint application appears varied, with some areas of smooth glazing and others showing slight texture and visible brushwork. Condition-wise, the work shows significant edge wear, particularly on the upper left corner and along the right vertical margin, where the board substrate is exposed. There are scattered surface abrasions and minor paint loss consistent with mid-20th-century age (est. 1950s-1960s). The lack of a visible signature in the frame of reference suggests an attribution to an amateur or student artist of the period, though the craftsmanship shows a good understanding of spatial compression and color theory.