SOLD Black Pail, Bold and Very Satisfying c. 1930s School Marker on Paper Drawing swim costumes Better in hand

Better in hand

but also great on the porch or patio

that then snaps tight back in place to hold them

suspended forever mid-leap

SOLD Black Pail, Bold and Very Satisfying c. 1930s School Marker on Paper Drawing swim costumes Better in handThis 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