Fantastic Large Framed Naive Pencil Drawing with Fishing Man and Lounging Woman clouds then hand-finished each kernel using

then hand-finished each kernel using dental tools

Circa 1910s-20s

South Hadley

This one has had a life

Fantastic Large Framed Naive Pencil Drawing with Fishing Man and Lounging Woman clouds then hand-finished each kernel usingI'm just back from a few days hunting for treasures in Maine, and this drawing, though my photos do it no justice, is one of my very favorite finds. Every inch of it shows the keen commitment of the "Simms" who signed it (in 1953) to capture every detail of the scene, from every brick of the chimney to every leaf on the bushes and trees to every stripe on the awning and every cross of the lattice. But best are the two figures: a (somewhat confused