C. Betram Hartman (1882-1960) Three Cats, Gestural Graphite Drawing with Abstract Watercolor, c. 1940s German Putz geese and I'd be inclined to

and I'd be inclined to display it standing up

It holds them on very well--this bear is very sturdy and all the legs move smoothly

The carving of the lower body suggests it might once have slide inside of something else

which would not have been much touched

clear and very readable

C. Betram Hartman (1882-1960) Three Cats, Gestural Graphite Drawing with Abstract Watercolor, c. 1940s German Putz geese and I'd be inclined toThis and a second graphite and watercolor sketchbook drawing of cats today, by American painter C. Bertram Hartman (18821960), which I purchased from an artist dealer in Cambridge, MA. This one with no year to the date (late 1940s I believe) but is stamped B. Hartman, R. Castellane Gallery. (The Richard Castellane gallery acquired the Estate Collection of Hartmann around 1960, from the former Rabin & Krueger Gallery Newark, New Jersey. ) I think it is