Sad Eyed St. Bernard, 1909 Naive Watercolor by Katie Eby, Age 14, Pennsylvania

This is one of three watercolors by a young Katie Eby I purchased in PA from a great paper dealer, who I believe told me as I was purchasing them that they came from the estate of the important American folk art collector and gallerist John Gordon. Quite an empathetic and very soulful looking St. Bernard here, I'd say--how not to love? Labeled in cursive in graphite at the bottom (in case the barrel around his neck didn't give it away) and signed on the reverse, at age 14, in 1909. 

12" x 9 1/8", good condition, with pinholes to top corners and a wear and small loss to far lower corners.