SOLD Possessed Looking Carved Kangaroo! gouache and colored pencil A bit of minor tearing/folding

A bit of minor tearing/folding around the edges and toning/foxing/staining as evident

I believe this drawing likely dates to the 1940s

This particular copy has an interesting provenance

It thus felt rather serendipitous to find this Skansen souvenir (“minne

Virginia to work as a telegrapher

SOLD Possessed Looking Carved Kangaroo! gouache and colored pencil A bit of minor tearing/foldingIt took me a moment to place this curious creature, but I'm pretty certain its meant to be a kangaroo. And rather a possessed looking one too, though I think really just in need of some love! And actually, as I look at photographs of kangaroo as I write this, I might say this carver did manage to capture some of their strangeness fairly well and perhaps this one is meant to be a protective mother! Incidentally, the terms for male and female kangaroos