Charmingly Naive Pin Up Style Pastel Nude on Black Ground colorful boxes who seems to have held

who seems to have held on to every bit of her school artwork from the years around 1914 and kept it all inside a handmade

sold in the gold painted frame found it in

Mid-century I believe

Among my very favorite Pennsylvania finds

I've figured out that it is--not surprisingly--known as spike

Charmingly Naive Pin Up Style Pastel Nude on Black Ground colorful boxes who seems to have heldToo fun to resist, and looks to me like a very earnest, hard trying effort to render a sexy, pin up style nude, maybe based on a dirty playing card! Rendered in pastels or cray pas I believe, with the black ground entirely drawn in (in black pastel charcoal) a lot of effort! I have to think she delivered a lot of pleasure! 12" x 8 7 8". C. mid 20th century I believe, very good condition.