Tevye the Milkman Watercolor Drawing 20th century white on the sides

white on the sides

exceptionally  crafted examples of American Machine Age design

with a few small hairline cracks around the neck of the crane on side 1 and one scrape to the surface of the lower section of the planter on side 2

between the top and bottom of the handle

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine and Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Tennessee

Tevye the Milkman Watercolor Drawing 20th century white on the sidesIf I had to collect only one thing, it would be drawings. Like nothing else, a drawing has the capacity to cut to the chase and nail a truth with alacrity, concision and charm. Like this one! (Technically a watercolor, yes, but I think constitutionally a drawing.) For one occasionally guilty of dramatizing the weight of one's own responsibilities, this tender portrayal of an almost comically burdened figure serves as a gentle reminder to laugh at