Girl with Basket, 1885 Wonderfully Strange Graphite Drawing small treen box The sides of the basket

The sides of the basket are finished with two large circular ash ring handles which are bound with ash splints

right down to many internal organs

which was required by French law on decks for sale within French borders

Another folk art animal with a great face

indicate that these were made for use

Girl with Basket, 1885 Wonderfully Strange Graphite Drawing small treen box The sides of the basketIf you perceive this drawing as if our girl is looking straight ahead rather than down with lids closed, it becomes a bit of an eerie one, as if she were possessed by otherworldly forces! But even if one reads her eyes as closed, its still got a wonderful sort of strangeness, with her hat looking as if might be concealing a rising loaf of bread! I especially love the very focused treatment of her hair. Graphite and blue crayon, dated Sept 15,1885 at