this painting needs some back story---FATHER-IN-LAW WAS STATIONED AT KORAT ROYAL THAI AIR-FORCE BASE IN 1968. HE WAS US AIR FORCE. MANY GUYS BEFRIENDED AND THOUGHT THE BAR GIRL WAS THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE. THIS ONE SHARED HIS  PLACED. HE HAD A OLD THAI GUY PAINT A COUPLE PICTURES OF HER. ONE A NUDE.---HE WAS TRANSFERED BEFORE ANY REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO MARRY TO SAUDI-ARABIA.....THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE FOUND THE LOVE OF HER LIFE WHILE HE WAS GONE!!!! HE SHIPPED THE PAINTINGS HOME TO MOM--CAME HOME,MARRIED,RAISED 3 DAUGHTERS,IS LIVING A FULL LIFE.-------MEANWHILE THE PAINTINGS STAYED IN A COAT CLOSET FOR 48 YEARS.---NO WAY WILL MY WIFE LET ME USE IT IN MY MANCAVE (if she would let have a mancave).....so my father in law is selling it. VINTAGE VIETNAM ERA ART,FANTASTIC FOR A BAR-----

I HUNG IT IN MY OFFICE RIGHT NOW--WHAT'S SAD IS THE GIRL WANTED THE PAINTER TO MAKE HER LOOK MORE AMERICAN--MY FATHER-IN-LAW SAID SHE WOULD DYE HER HAIR BLOND AS IN THE PAINTING...SHE THOUGHT BEING THAI AND LOOKING ORIRENTAL WAS NOT AS SEXY AS AMERICAN GIRLS LIKE IN THE MOVIES.

FRAME IS WOOD WITH A BORDER OF BLACK VELVET---TALK ABOUT 60'S ART.