Very Sweet, Tiny Naive Graphite Drawing of Church livestock tag and photographs of photographs

and photographs of photographs

permanence and temporality

While I’d like to imagine the maker of the vessel had Magritte’s famous painting “The Treachery of Images” in mind

Lots of wear to the paint but in good condition

they have often been used by museums and universities as teaching tools

Very Sweet, Tiny Naive Graphite Drawing of Church livestock tag and photographs of photographsI'll never pass on a naive little drawing invested with such love what a charmer of a church, and row of trees peeking out behind and around it, and excellent shadow silhouette in front of it. I must say I'm a bit baffled to find it on the back of a piece of paper with typed address that appears to be postmarked 1945 it looks decidedly 19th century to me, and the paper does too. I'd really guess the drawing came first, and was repurposed, but I can't