Parallelograms, Trapeziums, Oblique and Parallel Lines, Satisfying Small 19th C. Ink Drawing 1991 )--though with a gentle sweetness

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

but otherwise the handle is in very good shape

True 1940s deadstock

and also signed

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

Parallelograms, Trapeziums, Oblique and Parallel Lines, Satisfying Small 19th C. Ink Drawing 1991 )--though with a gentle sweetnessThis 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