Maud Ryan's Very Sweet 1900 Bird House on Tall Pole Drawing folk art penguins This is just a lovely

This is just a lovely piece

8 7/16" t x 6 3/8" w x 3 1/8" d

I'm always opening old books in hopes of finding drawings inside

In addition to the material fact of their existence

as if to steady himself himself from being pulled into the vast unknown

Maud Ryan's Very Sweet 1900 Bird House on Tall Pole Drawing folk art penguins This is just a lovelyDone in graphite by a very young Maud Ryan at the dawn of the 20th century, this drawing absolutely meets my definition of transcendent. Nothing more than needed, but what a lot evoked. And quite a metaphor for the moment I'd say. 8" x 6 5 8" and in good condition, with some toning and smudges as evident.