Commanding/Cowering, 1960s Peter Passuntino Pastel and Charcoal and Drawing of Three Figures pewter bear with a graceful and serene

with a graceful and serene presence

with a strange selection of copies of paintings (detailed in the handwritten annotations below) combined with this lovely watercolored ribbon-like grid

the monogram TT in red thread at the center

3 1/8" across at handle

Commanding/Cowering, 1960s Peter Passuntino Pastel and Charcoal and Drawing of Three Figures pewter bear with a graceful and sereneI find this quite a strong and affecting drawing, one of a handful I've purchased by artist Peter Passuntino (b. Chicago, 1936), dating the 1960s. I find his drawings quite potent; ambiguous but highly charged, seeming to portray psychological states as well as interpersonal dynamics, including exertions of power and expressions of vulnerability and feeling pretty archetypal as they do. Unsigned and undated, but I know from others in the group c. late