Abstract Mid-Century Colored Pencil and Graphite Drawing Signed Beata sewn or the two short ones

or the two short ones were opposite ends of one piece and the longer one has lost a link on the opposite end

6" long x 1 3/4" wide x 1" deep

lava like texture

this and the color lead me to believe the bear is carved from Walrus tusk

Abstract Mid-Century Colored Pencil and Graphite Drawing Signed Beata sewn or the two short onesI have a vague notion that this drawing may have been done by Swedish artist Beata Mrtensson (1880 1956), who was best known as the first female artist at Gustavsberg porcelain factory, 19081910, where she designed bowls, vases and tableware. She then moved to Paris and later lived in New York, which is when in my theory would guess she did this, before returning to Sweden in 1953. The signature is close to the one Mrtensson used she to sign her