James Bone Girl in Wicker Rocker Drawing on Collage, 1998 green plate The message at the bottom

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I'd really love to see this lion stamp used to create some fun yardage

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I sense a rich inner life churning underneath his rose-colored cap

James Bone Girl in Wicker Rocker Drawing on Collage, 1998 green plate The message at the bottomI just snagged a handful of pieces by James Frederic Bone (1929 2015), the prolific and endlessly inventive Chicago artist who made this piece, and another in a similar manner listed separately. (+ more of his work to be posted shortly). Bone had a great line and terrific sense of humor which this pen and ink drawing animating a Victorian wicker rocker cut from an old catalog wonderfully exemplifies. To me, the best drawings seem effortless, like they