James Bone Couple with Backs Turned on Wicker Table, Drawing on Collage James bone drawing of no real consequence

of no real consequence

evoking all the romanticism of working through the night by candlelight--and with that great looping line among the ink bottles and pen nib seemingly added just for flourish

Hand-drawn in blue ink (a few small smears on the leaves of the branch on which the birds sit make it clear this is drawn rather than printed) on cardstock weight board

plus a long pinkish wooden nose

leaving a perfect opening to slip in a pillow or stuffing and then slip stitch it closed to make a stunning throw pillow

James Bone Couple with Backs Turned on Wicker Table, Drawing on Collage James bone drawing of no real consequenceFrom a second batch of drawings by the prolific and endlessly inventive Chicago artist James Frederic Bone (1929 2015), two more collage drawings (the other listed separately) animating Victorian wicker furniture from an old catalog. To me, the best drawings seem effortless, like they always existed in the ether and were just waiting to be put to paper like this one, where this couple with backs turned to one another seem as if they were destined for