Folk Art Chalk Drawing of Couple in Horse-Drawn Sled Signed Clair Bolic footed saucer Hand-drawn in ink

Hand-drawn in ink

just a gem of a little painting that I would frame straight away

I love his delicate little hands as they finger the holes and the red tip of his horn

These trains (scroll through all photos to see the complete set) I purchased at the estate sale of a family in Newburyport

or European Art Pottery

Folk Art Chalk Drawing of Couple in Horse-Drawn Sled Signed Clair Bolic footed saucer Hand-drawn in inkIve only turned up only one reference to any Clair Bolic at allborn in Caldwell, North Carolina with an estimated birth year of 1915, and shown as one of several sisters. This seems about right, though Id think perhaps she moved north (there are some of other Bolics from around the same time in Pennsylvania) to a place of snowy winters, where she might have been inspired to paint this. Though I don't know for sure, I am guessing she was African