19th C. Double-Sided Naive Graphite & Crayon Drawing: Blue Bonnet, Sunflowers, Strawberries Edwin w. Deming bear sculpture I believe he dates to

I believe he dates to the late 40s or so

painstakingly executed by hand

And as a spill vase was used to carry a flame from fireplace to candle or stove

This one I especially love for its combination of three things in one

19th C. Double-Sided Naive Graphite & Crayon Drawing: Blue Bonnet, Sunflowers, Strawberries Edwin w. Deming bear sculpture I believe he dates toThis is one of a handful of drawings I'm listing by the same (surely quite young) maker, found together in an old notebook already partially disassembled so I went ahead and separated them all. I'd guess 1870s or so, and all quite wonderful, with the people especially soulful this wild eyed pink cheeked girl in her blue bonnet a perfect case in point, looking a bit cat like, and also fiercely determined, and also perhaps possessed! The dramatic curve