Lewis Smith Caboose, Ink and Crayon on Graham Cracker Box Cardboard handpainted snuff box to eyes and hooves

to eyes and hooves

and believe that it is truly one of a kind

4" long x approx 3" in diameter--the size of a very large lemon

Sight: 2 9/16" x 2"

Lewis Smith Caboose, Ink and Crayon on Graham Cracker Box Cardboard handpainted snuff box to eyes and hoovesOne more often sees Lewis Smith's drawings of women boxers and wrestlers and diners, but the first love of the the self taught Ohio artist (1907 1988) was trains, the subject of his earliest, very detailed drawings, dating to the 1920s and it was a lifetime railroad pass that allowed him to travel beyond the family farm in rural Ohio to pursue his other subjects. He returned to the train in this later work, c. 1980s I believe, ink and crayon on