SOLD Girl Riding Giant Dog, Wonderful 19th C. American Folk Art Carving with Polychrome grey and white Hand-marbled paper over hard covers

Hand-marbled paper over hard covers

and this pool of blue that encircles their feet

who has sold a few decks

with lots of veins in the marble showing on the apricot

with tree trunks separating each young woman from the next like punctuation

SOLD Girl Riding Giant Dog, Wonderful 19th C. American Folk Art Carving with Polychrome grey and white Hand-marbled paper over hard coversAnother Rhinebeck find, purchased from a dealer friend from Maine, and which I just felt like I needed to keep company with for at least a brief time. I've handled at least a few late 19th c. naive drawings of young girls riding large dogs (a couple photos included) and as someone who dreams of having a St. Bernard or Mastiff nearly as large as me have a particular penchant for the subject! This is the first time I've seen an American folk art carving