Charming work by the Swiss artist Walter Wegmueller, dated 1972 and titled  Zilelete, possibly based on the Romanian for “Your Days.”  The images of farm tools, musical instruments, animals and chalets are arranged  in a beehive-like form, and also evoke the traditional pattern of “Poya” scenes of Swiss cattle descending from alpine pastures. They appear as a distillation of memories from Wegmueller’s difficult childhood as foster child working on farms in the region around Bern.

Dimensions: 33 x 30 cm