Slow Line Strokes, Satisfying (and a bit Raymond Pettibon-esque) Ink on Board Drawing pitbull portrait 23 3/4" tall including handle

23 3/4" tall  including handle X 9'" wide with arm down

1st half of the 20th century I believe

and I especially love the the knot in the wood on the left edge toward the bottom

which makes it extra special

still showing a pattern of little flowers all along the horseshoe

Slow Line Strokes, Satisfying (and a bit Raymond Pettibon-esque) Ink on Board Drawing pitbull portrait 23 3/4" tall including handleThis is much better than photos convey there's a real energy and palpability to the inked mark making, and a real sense of immediacy to the whole thing; I actually tried for several minutes to walk away from it, because it was not inexpensive, but I simply could not! I find something quite poetic and metaphorical feeling about the phrase "slow line strokes," too, and the hand that wrote it and drew these lines feels very Ray Pettibon in manner to me.