Late 1800s Watercolor Drawing of Native American Woman with Papoose and Dog handmade gift as if it has been

as if it has been walking around for the past 150 years or so

Minneapolis

along with a collection of Native  pieces he had collected during the same period

in the powder room

heavy and not pliable

Late 1800s Watercolor Drawing of Native American Woman with Papoose and Dog handmade gift as if it has beenOh, how I love this drawing! Technically a watercolor painting I suppose, but with pencil drawn details, most notably for the face, hands and hair of the Native American woman at the center, which give it such a marvelous intimacy and specificity that its nature as a drawing is most certainly the dominant one. As with ledger drawings, which this is very similar to in manner, included is just exactly what is needed and not a thing more to bring this