More Excellent Very Naive Kid's Drawings: Elephant, Rider, Explosion; Guns on Reverse square bowl A note taped to the

A note taped to the back tells us this was the work of a Gertrude O'Connor of Harvey

but I must say that the aura-like ring of patterning around him

Framed as found: 5 15/16 x 5 7/16” t

both with heads of this wonderful wavy hair

Gouache on paper

More Excellent Very Naive Kid's Drawings: Elephant, Rider, Explosion; Guns on Reverse square bowl A note taped to theI have a very deep and special love for the drawings of boys aged about 7 or 8, and specifically action scenes playing out directly on the page just about as direct a line into the imagination as exists, completely immediate. This is one of several I am listing, all by the same kid, after selling a handful I listed earlier this summer. Here I take it for a (very wonderful and empathetic) elephant being ridden, providing a very high perch for our