Parallelograms, Trapeziums, Oblique and Parallel Lines, Satisfying Small 19th C. Ink Drawing 1991 and also signed

and also signed

)--though with a gentle sweetness that makes it seem as if he was just poised for bedtime

I am pretty confident it is "first generation"

handmade in Russia (in Moscow I believe) in the early 1960s

Makah and Nootka Northwest Coast Native American baskets (Vancouver Island/northern Washington) are my very favorites--typically small and very finely woven of bear grass with cedar bark rims and plaited bases

Parallelograms, Trapeziums, Oblique and Parallel Lines, Satisfying Small 19th C. Ink Drawing 1991 and also signedThis was a loose drawing from a larger lot of 19th century perspective drawings, including a full notebook (listed a few weeks ago and still available as of this writing.) Something to my eye very satisfying about this one in a stand alone way especially the learning of that rake against parallelogram of a trough, which for me brings it all to life! I like the tension between orientations, too (a profile of a structure with chimney turned the other