Ice House at Coes Pond, Perfectly Naive 1889 Watercolor Drawing edwin and mary scheier probably not very far from

probably not very far from where it was painted

Definitely made in Japan (he bears a very close resemblance to a few Japanese hand-puppets I've had in stock)

and came from a portfolio of watercolors--and looking at feels to me a bit like taking a deep breath

and then this great fence around them and two great brown ducks marching along below

Overall paper size: 11 7/8" x 7 7/8"

Ice House at Coes Pond, Perfectly Naive 1889 Watercolor Drawing edwin and mary scheier probably not very far fromThe richness of the palette really makes this old drawing painting for me the ochres of the road, rendered with painterly dashes, and the whole spectrum of reds and brows and greens. Quite lovely, and feels very warm toward this place described as the Ice House at Coes Pond along the bottom, which a little research tells me places it near Worcester, MA. In those days 1889 here ice was harvested from ponds in the winter, a labor performed by dozens of