Arthur Tilo Alt Childhood Drawing of Carpenter, Berlin, WWII era acoma pottery bowl tucked under the ink bottle

tucked under the ink bottle

A couple of chips to the surface of the frame along the top

I've divided them up into groups--what you see is exactly what you'll get

and American flag waving high

near the base over the poem

Arthur Tilo Alt Childhood Drawing of Carpenter, Berlin, WWII era acoma pottery bowl tucked under the ink bottleThis is among a several drawings I purchased together 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 Texas. While I