James Bone "Talent" Harlequin Ink Drawing 1961 mid-century West German vase I've become a huge fan

I've become a huge fan of these old wooden Czech "ramp walkers

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James Bone "Talent" Harlequin Ink Drawing 1961 mid-century West German vase I've become a huge fanFrom a second batch of drawings by the prolific and endlessly inventive Chicago artist James Frederic Bone (1929 2015): I think "Talent" is the perfect title for this 1961 ink drawing amplifying the proudness and look at me aspect of this harlequin esque performer, while also I'd guess, based on my sense of Bone's outlook, commenting on the sort of performativity required of the artist himself and perhaps any human attempting to assert any sort of