Baseball! C. 1920-30s Naive Graphite Drawing on 19th C. Ledger Paper wire glove stretchers not shedding a bit

not shedding a bit

but these six have survived

I just love dice as objects

with the wire stitching on the backside of the brush creating a gorgeous line drawing that animates the already beautiful surface of what I believe is burl wood

​“A Person Has to Have Some Work To Do

Baseball! C. 1920-30s Naive Graphite Drawing on 19th C. Ledger Paper wire glove stretchers not shedding a bitThis is one of five drawings on ledger paper I am listing, all found together, with some 19th c. writing on some of the pages, but the drawings done a few decades later, I'm guessing 1920s or 30s, when a kid, or a few kids, got a hold of the ledger. I love a baseball drawing, and love how this one is all about the pitcher (such a great face, and striped socks, and I love that both hands look as if gloved) and the crouching catcher, with two tiny