Helen Margaret Goukler, Tom Sawyer's Mother by Spence Guerin Image: Tom Sawyer's Mother: Helen of Helen Street
Tom Sawyer's Mother: Helen of Helen Street
  • Helen Margaret Goukler, Tom Sawyer's Mother, 2008
  • Graphite pencil on paper
  • 30 x 21.75 in
  • Inv: SG-868
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A sustained pose portrait drawing of neighbor, Helen. She was a talkative story teller. Hence, in this drawing, she is in action: leaning forward, intently talking about something meaningful. This drawing is on heavy paper, may be German Etching. Annotation at top left in light pencil, about this woman: Helen Margaret Goukler. Fr + Spanish + Dutch + German. Mother is English + Irish. 7 Southern Sawyer sisters. Dad from Riga, Latvia. .

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