Bill Anthony Mid-Century Ink Drawing: Woman in Bed on Telephone antique tramp art box a wonderful painting

a wonderful painting

and painted the perfect brick red and white

There is one minor tear to the upper back corner

5 5/8" in diameter including cardboard x 1 1/8" tall

I love the sculptural quality of this vintage pair of salt and pepper shakers--as  abstract forms

Bill Anthony Mid-Century Ink Drawing: Woman in Bed on Telephone antique tramp art box a wonderful paintingOne more of these After buying and selling a drawing by the same artist as this one a few weeks ago, I learned that the artist was Bill Anthony, a mid 20th century artist illustrator from Virginia, examples of whose work (somewhat more risque than this one, and also more absurd!) were presented in Josh Lowenfels booth at the 2019 Outsider Art Fair. (Blurb from artsy. net below.) Women in short skirts (and, usually, high heels) were clearly his