James Bone, "Being Van Gogh", Black Ink Drawing, 1940s mid-century figurative pottery is solid wood (does not

is solid wood (does not open)

5 3/4" long x 1 1/2" wide x 3/4" deep

This great little vintage studio pottery bud vase features an interesting light green glaze that is mostly mossy in color

but then slides open smoothly

James Bone, "Being Van Gogh", Black Ink Drawing, 1940s mid-century figurative pottery is solid wood (does notFrom a second batch of drawings by the prolific and ever inventive Chicago artist James Frederic Bone (1929 2015), this is an early one, done in late 1940s, possibly while he was a grad student. Bone titled it "Being Van Gogh" on the reverse, which I have a feeling was done many years later as a bit of a commentary on the influences and aspirations of his younger artist self. Regardless, I think its a pretty great drawing, evoking all the romanticism