Arthur Tilo Alt Childhood Watercolor Drawing of Firetruck, Germany, WWII era mermaid which were a predecessor to

which were a predecessor to jack straws and pick up sticks

First Edition

I'm not sure if the ends were eaten or just worn away

What I know is that this came from a collection of watercolors mostly of water by a young woman of means that included views captured in Italian Lakes

From this luscious old white paint on the horse

Arthur Tilo Alt Childhood Watercolor Drawing of Firetruck, Germany, WWII era mermaid which were a predecessor toThis is one a second batch of watercolor drawings I've purchased by Dr. 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, NC. Born in Java, Indonesia, Alt's family returned to their native Germany in 1933, where Tilo grew up in West Berlin, ultimately moving to the U. S. in 1956 to study at the University of