Slow Line Strokes, Satisfying (and a bit Raymond Pettibon-esque) Ink on Board Drawing lacquer box with monk the gold on black lettering

the gold on black lettering pops beautifully

but with such an excellent

One small chip to the body

and when out arrived in the mail I was happier still--it is without an ounce of equivocation  that I declare it my very favorite cow ever

My knowledge of post WWII French Abstraction is not very strong

Slow Line Strokes, Satisfying (and a bit Raymond Pettibon-esque) Ink on Board Drawing lacquer box with monk the gold on black letteringThis is much better than photos convey there's a real energy and palpability to the inked mark making, and a real sense of immediacy to the whole thing; I actually tried for several minutes to walk away from it, because it was not inexpensive, but I simply could not! I find something quite poetic and metaphorical feeling about the phrase "slow line strokes," too, and the hand that wrote it and drew these lines feels very Ray Pettibon in manner to me.