Tevye the Milkman Watercolor Drawing swedish with no visible flaws

with no visible flaws

While its surface shows signs of age and wear

lamp caskets etc

and a fabulous hat with a feather or two

this very fine Northwest Coast Salish tightly coiled lidded basket dates I believe from the late 19th or early 20th century

Tevye the Milkman Watercolor Drawing swedish with no visible flawsIf I had to collect only one thing, it would be drawings. Like nothing else, a drawing has the capacity to cut to the chase and nail a truth with alacrity, concision and charm. Like this one! (Technically a watercolor, yes, but I think constitutionally a drawing.) For one occasionally guilty of dramatizing the weight of one's own responsibilities, this tender portrayal of an almost comically burdened figure serves as a gentle reminder to laugh at