SOLD Charming 19th Century Sandpaper Drawing with Man, Cow and Fantasy Castle, Period Frame curious bear Arthur Tilo Alt (1931-2019)--a scholar

Arthur Tilo Alt (1931-2019)--a scholar and professor of German in Yiddish language and literature in the Judaic studies program at Duke University--which came from his estate in Younsgsville

6 3/8" x 4"

I purchased it from a dealer in Spain

I am not sure if this was once the head on a Santos

9 7/8" x 7 3/4"

SOLD Charming 19th Century Sandpaper Drawing with Man, Cow and Fantasy Castle, Period Frame curious bear Arthur Tilo Alt (1931-2019)--a scholarI hadn't found a sandpaper drawing I loved in a long while, and then a few in a few weeks, this one found in Massachusetts. Of course what immediately sold me on it was the very naively drawn little man and little cow in the foreground the man with what looks like a walking stick in hand, having a wander. I also really love a landscape that includes a piece of fantasy architecture, here a medieval looking turret rising over the scene, speaking to the