My favorite genre in the world might just be old folk art drawings of girls with much beloved pets, and I think this tender example embodies exactly why I think so!
This and several others I am listing came from a portfolio of drawings by Pennsylvania folk/outsider artist Wayne B. Blouch of Lancaster, PA, purchased from the estate of art professor & art historian Jill McKeever Furst, who taught at Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia, PA for over 10 years, which may be when she acquired them. There is not much out there about Blouch except a few sales of work at auction (Garth's; Pook & Pook), with those works dated c. 1880s.
12" x 7", red and blue ink on ledger paper. There is a bit of ink smudging to the left of the basket below girl and cat, a couple of tiny tears at left and right edges toward the bottom, and a couple of old tape marks on reverse, all pretty minor. Overall very good condition and really great.
