Mary's Soulful Kittens, Naive Graphite/Charcoal Drawing, Framed as Found gift for the hostess perhaps as the inhabitants or

perhaps as the inhabitants or a whole farm or circus set up

heart shaped

I think these papier mache eggs are mini masterpieces

The wonderful dealer I purchased it from (an artist who loves curious little things like this as much as I do) thought it along the lines of a cracker-jack-box ciphering wheel/decoder

but I myself might hang it on the wall as a charming

Mary's Soulful Kittens, Naive Graphite/Charcoal Drawing, Framed as Found gift for the hostess perhaps as the inhabitants orHowever ever to resist this fluffy pair? Distinctly different faces on each, but each feeling like the very essence of kitten hood. Signed at lower right but partially concealed by the frame Mary someone! Sold in the frame I found them in, where they've lived for quite a while; I might honor them with a larger and more distinctive frame, maybe stained black, but they're charmers in any context. 9" x 7" framed, under glass, as found. C. 1940s or so I