James Bone Girl in Wicker Rocker Drawing on Collage, 1998 green plate including a ring

including a ring

and distant shore

The message at the bottom from the sender

as we are all washing our hands every five minutes

James Bone Girl in Wicker Rocker Drawing on Collage, 1998 green plate including a ringI just snagged a handful of pieces by James Frederic Bone (1929 2015), the prolific and endlessly inventive Chicago artist who made this piece, and another in a similar manner listed separately. (+ more of his work to be posted shortly). Bone had a great line and terrific sense of humor which this pen and ink drawing animating a Victorian wicker rocker cut from an old catalog wonderfully exemplifies. To me, the best drawings seem effortless, like they