James Bone Cutout Self-Portrait in Profile, 1991 antique lidded boxes pinks and ochres

pinks and ochres

The tops on the peppers

whether filled with flowers or not--the form is just gorgeous

The body of the vase is in perfect condition but there are a couple of little chips on the tiny lip (documented in photos

James Bone Cutout Self-Portrait in Profile, 1991 antique lidded boxes pinks and ochresFrom a second batch of drawings by the prolific and endlessly inventive Chicago artist James Frederic Bone (1929 2015), this is one of two wonderful 1991 cutout silhouette self portraits, with the features playfully rendered in black ink dots and line. Often recycling materials in his work, this one makes use of page 17 of an essay invoking Freud, Philp Rieff, and contemporary cultures annihilation of intellectual diversity! What I know about James