Girl with a Gumdrop Tree
ca. 1930
Pastel on pastel paper and board
25” x 20”
The young girl is savoring a gum drop from the small gum drop tree to her right. Wearing a powder blue blouse and striped pinafore, she is seated in ¾ view with her left hand resting on her knee. She is neat, clean, happy, and clearly well fed. Again, the use of pastel allows for a quicker, freer representation of the child, and one can sense her contended state as she imagines which gumdrop she will devour next.