Lewis Smith Caboose, Ink and Crayon on Graham Cracker Box Cardboard lenticular lenses giving the sense of a

giving the sense of a whole flock aflight

with a nice warm patina to the brass

Gorgeous aging to the paint

8 5/8" t x 7 7/8" (base is 7" long) x 1 1/2" d (at base)

I would think not older than the 1940s but am not an expert

Lewis Smith Caboose, Ink and Crayon on Graham Cracker Box Cardboard lenticular lenses giving the sense of aOne more often sees Lewis Smith's drawings of women boxers and wrestlers and diners, but the first love of the the self taught Ohio artist (1907 1988) was trains, the subject of his earliest, very detailed drawings, dating to the 1920s and it was a lifetime railroad pass that allowed him to travel beyond the family farm in rural Ohio to pursue his other subjects. He returned to the train in this later work, c. 1980s I believe, ink and crayon on