Arthur Tilo Alt Childhood Watercolor Drawing of Firetruck, Germany, WWII era primitive pencil box made from one side of

made from one side of an old Del Monte seeded muscat raisins crate

or pouch to the obi sash of a kimono)

and loosely brushed on pinkish paint against black on the sides

present and future

On the underside of the base is carved "Willy"

Arthur Tilo Alt Childhood Watercolor Drawing of Firetruck, Germany, WWII era primitive pencil box made from one side ofThis is one a second batch of watercolor drawings I've purchased 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