Bucciali Tav, from J.T. Garvin's "Wildfire" Portfolio, 1969-70 Stavaridis Gallery Boston and possibly Middle Eastern

and possibly Middle Eastern

Here I'm not sure which side I like better--between this terrific perched squirrel

and the wonderful painted decoration everywhere

This little notebook is a delicate one--small

I've gotten pretty picky about the folk art doorstops I bring home

Bucciali Tav, from J.T. Garvin's "Wildfire" Portfolio, 1969-70 Stavaridis Gallery Boston and possibly Middle EasternThis drawing came from a larger portfolio of some 50 drawings, all of cars, most initialed and dated 1969 or 70 on reverse, which with some piecing together I've figured out were done by a Jerry Thayer Garvin of Nottingham, NH all as the imagined holdings of a fictional "Wildfire Corporation" founded in 1898. Found in the portfolio was an elaborate set of notes detailing the makers and models of the cars held in this fictional Wildfire Collection,