Poster Crayons for Free Expression, Beautiful Box of Standard Crayon Co. Fat Chalks black folk art 5 7/8” t x 1

5 7/8” t x 1 1/2” in diameter and in very good antique condition

and with that gold just popping against the black ground

is that is it Civil War era

which amplifies the sense of desperation in his expression

the painting pretty much completely dissolves into abstraction

Poster Crayons for Free Expression, Beautiful Box of Standard Crayon Co. Fat Chalks black folk art 5 7/8” t x 1Pure color joy. I would be loathe to use these, as they are just so beautiful, exactly as found, lined up in neat rows inside their plain cardboard box. I love the printed insert, too, describing them as "Poster Crayons for Free Expression" what could be better? and I believe what's here are one each of the 18 colors listed, produced by Standard Crayon Mfg., Danvers, MA, just a stone's throw away from me. Yum. Box measures 6 5 8" x 4 1 2" x 1 1 4".