Samuel Wood Gaylor c. 1920 Small Watercolor, Woman in Pink Coat with Muff gray mule meaning a twelve sided polygon

meaning a twelve sided polygon

including for the fact that someone pretty early on made them their own open-faced box from cigar box pieces

5 3/8" t x 5" w x 4 1/4" d

and to my eye just a charming piece

but holding fine

Samuel Wood Gaylor c. 1920 Small Watercolor, Woman in Pink Coat with Muff gray mule meaning a twelve sided polygonOne of two watercolor sketches by American artist Samuel Wood Gaylor (1883 1957) today, found at Brimfield this summer; the dealer I bought them from had purchased a body of work by Gaylor and his wife Adelaide Lawson from a one time neighbor of the couple on Long Island. This portrait is unsigned, but a very similar larger portrait of the same subject was sold by Swann Galleries in 2021; I presume this was done as a sketch in advance of that one