Commanding/Cowering, 1960s Peter Passuntino Pastel and Charcoal and Drawing of Three Figures pewter bear I think a pretty great

I think a pretty great face

with small dings and various stains as there should be

the monogram TT in red thread at the center

with a graceful and serene presence

Commanding/Cowering, 1960s Peter Passuntino Pastel and Charcoal and Drawing of Three Figures pewter bear I think a pretty greatI find this quite a strong and affecting drawing, one of a handful I've purchased by artist Peter Passuntino (b. Chicago, 1936), dating the 1960s. I find his drawings quite potent; ambiguous but highly charged, seeming to portray psychological states as well as interpersonal dynamics, including exertions of power and expressions of vulnerability and feeling pretty archetypal as they do. Unsigned and undated, but I know from others in the group c. late