SOLD Black Pail, Bold and Very Satisfying c. 1930s School Marker on Paper Drawing athletics making for a truly stunning

making for a truly stunning silhouette

So many good valentine’s this week I think

And partial flowers at the top corners do indicate that it was made to use in repeat--I would have loved to see the results

at one point this house would have illuminated

Carved into the front in large bold letters is "Adam and Eve Joke Book 1922" and on the spine "Forget Me Not

SOLD Black Pail, Bold and Very Satisfying c. 1930s School Marker on Paper Drawing athletics making for a truly stunningThis for me is one of those old kid drawings that feels transcendent. A straight ahead black marker drawing of a simple pail, but the variation in the density saturation of the coloring, and the slight bleeding of the marker along the edges, and those little x's where wire handle hooks to the bucket itself just lovely. And, rendered in such an "iconic" sort of way, the simple pail takes on something of a larger than life significance, as a form object