Pair of Birds, Antique Naive Colored Ink / Gouache Drawing contemporary pottery Wear and repair to box

Wear and repair to box as evident

His doorstop on the back makes him stand up straight

I really love the crude immediacy of this graphite drawn cross against the brown linen of the cover

6 7/8" t x 6 1/2" l x 1 3/8" d

roof fits on snugly facing in either direction

Pair of Birds, Antique Naive Colored Ink / Gouache Drawing contemporary pottery Wear and repair to boxA couple of more wonderfully colorful naive antique drawings today, including this one, that I know were salvaged from a scrapbook sketchbook that lived from many years in the possession of a collector (of the hoarder disposition), whose huge, amazing collection was badly damaged in a flood. Such a heartbreaking thing, as the few drawings salvaged from the notebook indicate that it was quite a masterpiece! Happily we have a few, and they fill me at