Set of Four Exuberant Crayon Drawn Mandalas by John Mosher, Grade 3, 1939 catalonian with one small stain to

with one small stain to the right corner of the upper left darn and one small stain to the top border

This handmade piece is stamped "Peru"

purchased from a dealer at Brimfield who is a consistently good source of curious carved things--and because I love birds of every ilk

Overall size 11 1/2" x 9 1/4"

Set of Four Exuberant Crayon Drawn Mandalas by John Mosher, Grade 3, 1939 catalonian with one small stain toI'm a total sucker for school drawings like this pure joy, and I think pretty transcendent. These were done by a young John Mosher in 1939, in third grade, and feel to me as if channeling both Pennsylvania hex stars and Froebel kindergarten cut paper designs but rendered with the immediacy of hard pressed crayon! Quite nice in a grid I think so am offering as a set. Each was folded along one edge to make the paper square. Paper size (as folded) of