Arthur Tilo Alt, Boy in Bed Reading, Childhood Drawing, Berlin, WW2 Era fans combined with black lacquered interiors

combined with black lacquered interiors as is the case here

with a light center crease  and a tiny bit of light foxing at upper right

and think I would have liked its star

This piece is in excellent condition and measures 8 1/4" long x 4 1/4" wide x 3" tall

Aged and worn in the best of ways

Arthur Tilo Alt, Boy in Bed Reading, Childhood Drawing, Berlin, WW2 Era fans combined with black lacquered interiorsThis 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