Sweet Naive 1880s Graphite Drawing of Hillside Village with Church vintage whist marker Garuda is a legendary bird

Garuda is a legendary bird or bird-like creature in Hindu

There is a bit of a tendency of round boxes like this to warp as the wood expands and contracts

10" tall x 4 1/2" x 3"

highly influential teacher--at the Venice Art Center

a souvenir from Coney Island circa 1950s

Sweet Naive 1880s Graphite Drawing of Hillside Village with Church vintage whist marker Garuda is a legendary birdI'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