Pencil and colored pencil on paper
30 1/2 x 22 1/4"
American Folk Art Museum
Adolf W枚lfli's early life was marked by loss and deprivation. His father, a petty criminal, deserted the family around 1870, and, as wards of the state, W枚lfli and his mother were separated and sent to work as farmhands. W枚lfli's mother died when he was 8
Elliot watching me catch three times my body weight in fish because I spent all my money on that season鈥檚 seeds and now I need to make fast fishing money so me and my chickens don鈥檛 starve to death.