Girl with Basket, 1885 Wonderfully Strange Graphite Drawing wooden scoop Some surface rust and dings

Some surface rust and dings but in great structural shape

I began to think she had eloped

2 1/4" tall and in great condition

all to the good I think as it makes a nice and easy pocket or sleeve for  a book or notebook or love notes now

Girl with Basket, 1885 Wonderfully Strange Graphite Drawing wooden scoop Some surface rust and dingsIf 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