Excellent Double-sided Kid's Drawing #3 (Arrows, Animals, Boom) carved pliers in an antique frame under

in an antique frame under glass

which I must admit took me a minute to figure out

I would guess late 19th/early 20th c

MA (very nearby to me) that has been producing fine hand-forged silver flatware and the occasional object for 100 years

Excellent Double-sided Kid's Drawing #3 (Arrows, Animals, Boom) carved pliers in an antique frame underI have a very deep and special love for the drawings of boys of about 7 or 8, and specifically action scenes playing out directly on the page just about as direct a line into the imagination as exists, completely visceral and immediate. And in a way I can't fully articulate, there seems something powerfully true and tender about the convergence of naivete and brutality in drawings like these. This is one of several I am listing, all by the same kid.