Samuel Wood Gaylor Signed Watercolor Nude, c 1920s vintage 1970s earrings Some losses to the wool

Some losses to the wool pages and a bit of bead loss here and there

I'd guess this dates to the mid 20th c

special feeling object that reminds me at least of the beauty of analog problem solving

and a toad (I believe

Samuel Wood Gaylor Signed Watercolor Nude, c 1920s vintage 1970s earrings Some losses to the woolOne of two watercolor sketches by American artist Samuel Wood Gaylor (1883 1957) today, found at Brimfield this summer; the dealer I bought them from had purchased a body of work by Gaylor and his wife Adelaide Lawson from a one time neighbor of the couple on Long Island. Rendered on very thin paper, clearly Gaylor was pleased with it, signing it at lower right, and it appears to have been taped up at some point, perhaps in his studio. Showing losses