Boy with Dog 19th Century Folk Art "Sandpaper" Painting painted animal the drawing unpacks as a

the drawing unpacks as a wonderful portrait of impotence and thwarted desire

This great little vintage studio pottery bud vase features an interesting light green glaze that is mostly mossy in color

It is in very good overall condition

and nice big ones too

the only flaw is a small chip on the inside of the narrow end of the funnel

Boy with Dog 19th Century Folk Art "Sandpaper" Painting painted animal the drawing unpacks as aThis marvelous thing is an antique "sandpaper painting" a technique popular in the mid 19th century, of creating charcoal drawings on paper coated with marble dust, which creates a surface with a fine grit like sandpaper. These are a pretty fascinating genre, typically monochromatic and most often depicting Hudson River landscapes, though one occasionally finds portraits and examples incorporating color, like this one. These most often were done by