Girl with Basket, 1885 Wonderfully Strange Graphite Drawing small treen box such that it could easily

such that it could easily be taken down on occasion to twirl around like a baton

The sides of the basket are finished with two large circular ash ring handles which are bound with ash splints

which I find a pretty ingenious as well as evocative thing

indicate that these were made for use

Another folk art animal with a great face

Girl with Basket, 1885 Wonderfully Strange Graphite Drawing small treen box such that it could easilyIf you perceive this drawing as if our girl is looking straight ahead rather than down with lids closed, it becomes a bit of an eerie one, as if she were possessed by otherworldly forces! But even if one reads her eyes as closed, its still got a wonderful sort of strangeness, with her hat looking as if might be concealing a rising loaf of bread! I especially love the very focused treatment of her hair. Graphite and blue crayon, dated Sept 15,1885 at