"To Barbara From Grandma, Xmas 1943" *

I spent a profitable hour at the thrift store and came out with a 4 lb tome entitled Anyone Can Draw! c. 1939. The drawings within are amazing because the sketches are clearly influenced by the then recent art movements of art deco, cubism, the Mexican muralists of the 20s and 30s, and art produced during the important New Deal initiated by Roosevelt to make work during the depression in the Public Works of Art Projects (1933 -1934).

New books are great, but sometimes the real jewels are found among the old and discarded. Besides....nothing beats the smell of an old book, except perhaps a book case filled with old books!

*inscription inside book cover