SOLD Henry Hickel's Perfect Graphite and Crayon Star, 1913, Lancaster NY shunga print on cloth Glorious color

Glorious color

but I still find myself scrounging around the bottom of my very large bag digging for coins

Wired at top for hanging and recessed on backside wth a few metal bits still stuck in for holding a picture in place

to be held in order to make the doll dance

This made me feel cheerful in a very welcome way when I found it but while charming it does not feel at all saccharine

SOLD Henry Hickel's Perfect Graphite and Crayon Star, 1913, Lancaster NY shunga print on cloth Glorious colorOne of a handful today pulled from the already falling apart 1913 sketchbook of a young Henry Henkel of Lancaster, NY, who wrote his name many times all over it and stamped it all over this particular page! This is the drawing that completely sold me on the sketchbook I find this pastel crayoned eight point star, drawn over a fainter penciled grid, used to help him get it just right a transcendently lovely thing. And with the star very much making me