James Bone "Talent" Harlequin Ink Drawing 1961 mid-century West German vase Huntington

Huntington

5" openings

10" tall x 6" wide (across the arms) x 1 3/4" deep

plus its disproportionately large head and ochre colored long nose--and then those tiny little feet

--horsehair bristles

James Bone "Talent" Harlequin Ink Drawing 1961 mid-century West German vase HuntingtonFrom a second batch of drawings by the prolific and endlessly inventive Chicago artist James Frederic Bone (1929 2015): I think "Talent" is the perfect title for this 1961 ink drawing amplifying the proudness and look at me aspect of this harlequin esque performer, while also I'd guess, based on my sense of Bone's outlook, commenting on the sort of performativity required of the artist himself and perhaps any human attempting to assert any sort of