Hill, Torch, Tree: Strange, Intense, Ledger-Esque Vintage Child's Crayon Drawing double ball in cage whimsy " I know it was

" I know it was created in 1948 as it features in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago

2 5/8" tall x 2 3/4" long x 1 7/8" wide

It also seems like a bit of a miracle that she has survived more or less intact despite what has clearly been a long journey to me

or perhaps filling with peppercorns to scoop out as needed

(Another example I found  online appears to have sold for just shy of $400

Hill, Torch, Tree: Strange, Intense, Ledger-Esque Vintage Child's Crayon Drawing double ball in cage whimsy " I know it wasThis is one of several drawings by the same maker I'm listing today which I must say made my heart beat faster when I found them. I believe done by a child and I have to think an adolescent boy but to my eye these have the clarity and intensity of Native American ledger drawings, which might be my favorite things in the world. These are dark for sure, portraying battle scenes and torturous scenarios and then in one of them there is a giant yellow duck