Date

circa 1940

Description

Crayon Drawing by a man without arms. The back of the picture has the following information "This crayon drawing shown on the other side was drawn in less than three minutes by a man born without arms". In pencil (barely visibly is written : "He  could pick up pencils just as quickly with his toes as others can do with fingers" . This was part of Mr. Hill's collection and was prior to a numbering system starting. The drawing is in black and white and shows a man with a fedora type hate and a moustache. The man is wearing a shirt with a high collar and a jacket with what looks like a fur collar. The picture is framed in a wooden frame with brass on the corners. Two corners have the brass pieces intact and one corner only has one piece of brass and the fourth corner has nothing. The picture has a cream coloured matte with a oval shape cut out to show the picture.  

Materials

wood glass paper string naile brass decorations in corners

Measurements

10 inches L x 7 5/8 inches W

Category

Drawing