Fantastic Large Framed Naive Pencil Drawing with Fishing Man and Lounging Woman clouds South Hadley

South Hadley

The paper is a bit brittle and there are a few small tears along the edges: one very tiny torn bit toward the bottom on the left edge and two clean tears that I didn't even notice at first as they pretty disappear when flat--one along bottom edge left

Circa 1910s-20s

or from the ceiling

Fantastic Large Framed Naive Pencil Drawing with Fishing Man and Lounging Woman clouds South HadleyI'm just back from a few days hunting for treasures in Maine, and this drawing, though my photos do it no justice, is one of my very favorite finds. Every inch of it shows the keen commitment of the "Simms" who signed it (in 1953) to capture every detail of the scene, from every brick of the chimney to every leaf on the bushes and trees to every stripe on the awning and every cross of the lattice. But best are the two figures: a (somewhat confused