Home Again From College, Late 19th C. Graphite Drawing on Brown Paper hand-sewn basket "KEEP" circled many times in

"KEEP" circled many times in red

I presume was made by a metalworker as a whimsy of sorts--akin to a blacksmith's snake

but separated

This one looked me in the eye and pleaded to for a third

Needlepoint itself is 6 3/8” x 3 1/8”

Home Again From College, Late 19th C. Graphite Drawing on Brown Paper hand-sewn basket "KEEP" circled many times inThis is the second of two drawings I purchased from the great Chuck Auerbach at the recent Nashville show, part of a larger series of graphite drawings, c. late 19th century, I presume more or less autobiographical to the young woman here arriving "home again from college." What I love about this one is how much our young woman looks as if greeting her own shadow; as if she's gone away and come back to meet her former self and shake her hand. Most