Home Again From College, Late 19th C. Graphite Drawing on Brown Paper rusted object And those kittens

And those kittens

and then I love how its body gives way to the "root

and love tokens of all sorts

As with early primers

Home Again From College, Late 19th C. Graphite Drawing on Brown Paper rusted object And those kittensThis is the second of two drawings I purchased from the great Chuck Auerbach at the recent Nashville show, part of a larger series of graphite drawings, c. late 19th century, I presume more or less autobiographical to the young woman here arriving "home again from college." What I love about this one is how much our young woman looks as if greeting her own shadow; as if she's gone away and come back to meet her former self and shake her hand. Most