Sweet Naive 1880s Graphite Drawing of Hillside Village with Church repetitive This chop was purchased from

This chop was purchased from the estate of a collector in central Massachusetts which included a phenomenal array of fine figurines and animal-related art and objects from around the world

with a bit of light cracking and loss of paint in a few areas

which seems to suggest this bear's got something important to share if you'll just pay attention

dated August 8

Sweet Naive 1880s Graphite Drawing of Hillside Village with Church repetitive This chop was purchased fromI'm really smitten with this sweet little "naive" pencil drawing of a hillside village, one of two in the shop that came from a larger collection of drawings executed by the unknown artist on a Grand Tour encompassing Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Norway. I love everything about it, perhaps the way the row of trees march neatly up the hill behind the village most of all, punctuated by a cross at the very top, but also those tiny benches, all those