Samuel Wood Gaylor (1883-1957) Nude with Clown Eyes, Black Ink on Laid Paper Stanley ruler toning and scattered stains

toning and scattered stains

I'm not sure if these puppies were once components of something else

and very much of the sort of sorrow and search for meaning that transcends time

definitely with some age to it

as it is all sorts of worn and creased

Samuel Wood Gaylor (1883-1957) Nude with Clown Eyes, Black Ink on Laid Paper Stanley ruler toning and scattered stainsLast fall I purchased a handful of works from a dealer at Brimfield by Wood Gaylor (1883 1957) and Adelaide Lawson Gaylor (1889 1986), which had been acquired from a one time neighbor of the couple on Long Island. Last week I went back to him to scoop up a few more. This unsigned sketch of a nude, which just immediately called to me, is I believe by him, c. 1920s, ink on onion skin type watermarked laid paper. With just those few short lines above and