Girl in Chair with Long Arms and Intense Gaze, Antique Child's Graphite Drawing hitler fantastical creatures and recreations of

fantastical creatures and recreations of funny stories he'd heard

and hints of which show up in this abstracted "Still Life

one sword bared and rifles slung over shoulders

4 1/4" d at lip

and fabulous color

Girl in Chair with Long Arms and Intense Gaze, Antique Child's Graphite Drawing hitler fantastical creatures and recreations ofThis one I found along with another, just listed, signed by a young Maud Ryan in 1900, and I'd guess Maud drew this one as well. While drawn with a bit of a light hand, for me this has a wonderful intensity about it looks to me like this girl's eyes could burn holes straight through whatever she was facing! I really love the rendering of her exposed wrist, too conveying a sense of sleeves too short for the ever lengthening arms of a growing girl.