Commanding/Cowering, 1960s Peter Passuntino Pastel and Charcoal and Drawing of Three Figures pewter bear the monogram TT in red

the monogram TT in red thread at the center

I think a pretty great face

rolls smoothly

but it appears well attached

with these two hands seeming to have just tugged at either end of something

Commanding/Cowering, 1960s Peter Passuntino Pastel and Charcoal and Drawing of Three Figures pewter bear the monogram TT in redI find this quite a strong and affecting drawing, one of a handful I've purchased by artist Peter Passuntino (b. Chicago, 1936), dating the 1960s. I find his drawings quite potent; ambiguous but highly charged, seeming to portray psychological states as well as interpersonal dynamics, including exertions of power and expressions of vulnerability and feeling pretty archetypal as they do. Unsigned and undated, but I know from others in the group c. late