Sweet Naive 1880s Graphite Drawing of Hillside Village with Church repetitive dated August 8

dated August 8

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

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

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

and who was represented by the gallery

Sweet Naive 1880s Graphite Drawing of Hillside Village with Church repetitive dated August 8I'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