Irma Virtanem's Very Sweet Crayon Drawings Sketcbook spool Quite an exhuberant butterly

Quite an exhuberant butterly

2 1/4" in diameter x 1 18" tall

I think perhaps it was once painted

These meticulous techniques are central to the unique aesthetic of these baskets

which I feel it is my calling to rescue and appreciate whether or not anyone else does

Irma Virtanem's Very Sweet Crayon Drawings Sketcbook spool Quite an exhuberant butterlyQuite a charmer this sketchbook, full of crayon drawings by a young Irma Virtanem of Finland, c. 1920s 40s I believe. The mother mouse surrounded by baby mice may be my favorite, but the rainbow colored sun rising over a native woman with skis in hand is my favorite too! And lots of other good ones clocks and vases of flowers and Turra Linna (Turku Castle) and houses and gardens and horse barns and more. Plus what looks like an ice cream sandwich!?