This for me is one of those old kid drawings that feels transcendent. A straight ahead black marker drawing of a simple pail, but the variation in the density/saturation of the coloring, and the slight bleeding of the marker along the edges, and those little x's where wire handle hooks to the bucket itself--just lovely. And, rendered in such an "iconic" sort of way, the simple pail takes on something of a larger than life significance, as a form/object and perhaps also as a metaphor (vessel for carrying water, mixing paint, mopping up--and tossing away!---the mess.) Also, if you look at the negative space framed by the handle as positive, it also looks rather like a cupcake!
Overall: 9 1/4" x 7 3/8". Marker on natural colored construction paper mounted to another piece of the same. Black marker but it has a bit of a dark blue undertone. One small clean edge tear to backing paper and a bit of glue stain at lower left corner. 1930s, found in Maine.
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