SOLD Girl Riding Giant Dog, Wonderful 19th C. American Folk Art Carving with Polychrome Chris Ritter 1950s drawing This bright orange Tonka tractor

This bright orange Tonka tractor trailer

--as if everything one could ever want might be stashed inside

but not really necessary if framed

Plus those gold buttons against blue coat

earning renown for especially vivid colors believed by artists to be equal or better to any made in Europe at the time

SOLD Girl Riding Giant Dog, Wonderful 19th C. American Folk Art Carving with Polychrome Chris Ritter 1950s drawing This bright orange Tonka tractorAnother Rhinebeck find, purchased from a dealer friend from Maine, and which I just felt like I needed to keep company with for at least a brief time. I've handled at least a few late 19th c. naive drawings of young girls riding large dogs (a couple photos included) and as someone who dreams of having a St. Bernard or Mastiff nearly as large as me have a particular penchant for the subject! This is the first time I've seen an American folk art carving