Charming clown doll, made circa 1940 by listed IL artist Louise Woodroofe (1892-1996). Ms. Woodroofe, an art professor at the University of Illinois, traveled with the Ringling Bros. circus during summers in the 1930's, and has become well known for her depictions of circus life. She was primarily a painter, but occasionally created figural dolls, such as this one. Woodroofe sold and exhibited very little work during her lifetime; and novelty items such as these were either given to frie ...click for details
Great 14" x 10" marker on paper depicting stylized head, seeming to be Cleopatra, by listed Chicago folk artist Elmer Sanders (b. circa 1915), signed lower left. I know little of Sanders's life, but believe that he became a self-taught artist while serving a prison term in the 1950s at Cook County Jail, exhibiting in the Jailhouse Art shows. I believe that this piece dates from the 1960s, but am unsure of whether Sanders was still imprisoned at the time. A striking and colorful ...click for details
