Mary's Soulful Kittens, Naive Graphite/Charcoal Drawing, Framed as Found stone-cut ) Such wondrous creatures

) Such wondrous creatures

as I think this looks like more like a woman--so let's say it could be read right side up or upside down

Plus holes at the upper corners and fading and staining all over

smallish beak

Legoff who signed the back of this painting and dated in 1908 was Amelia Legoff

Mary's Soulful Kittens, Naive Graphite/Charcoal Drawing, Framed as Found stone-cut ) Such wondrous creaturesHowever ever to resist this fluffy pair? Distinctly different faces on each, but each feeling like the very essence of kitten hood. Signed at lower right but partially concealed by the frame Mary someone! Sold in the frame I found them in, where they've lived for quite a while; I might honor them with a larger and more distinctive frame, maybe stained black, but they're charmers in any context. 9" x 7" framed, under glass, as found. C. 1940s or so I