C. Betram Hartman (1882-1960) Mother Cat and Kitten, Graphite with Watercolor Drawing, 1948 strong girls in which the surface of

in which the surface of the paper was covered with fine grit marble dust

and lots of years

Everything I've set on this looks better for it--a perfect pedestal bench if I ever saw one

head resting on his hand

and on one side a mouth that  just sort of devolves into two wavering lines

C. Betram Hartman (1882-1960) Mother Cat and Kitten, Graphite with Watercolor Drawing, 1948 strong girls in which the surface ofThis and a second graphite and watercolor sketchbook drawing of cats today, by American painter C. Bertram Hartman (18821960), which I purchased from an artist dealer in Cambridge, MA, this one dated 1948. I think it is a very charming and full of life drawing, and with the isolated use of watercolor on the kitten heightening its individuality the distinction between it and its mother and so a very tender feeling portrait of connection that also