French Tailor's Receipt, 1900, With Scattered Portrait Doodles old nh grain measure He wrote numerous books and

He wrote numerous books and articles over the years but was best known for his years as the American Correspondent for the Italian magazine L'Espresso

and especially the shape of the stems

Painting executed across two pages of paper

I think it's pretty fun (and in some cases elucidating

Tis folly to follow revenge Idiots him that to night walks will descend

French Tailor's Receipt, 1900, With Scattered Portrait Doodles old nh grain measure He wrote numerous books andI love old pages of scattered doodles like this and can't resist them. And to my eye quite a satisfying overall composition formed here. Done on the back of a French tailor's receipt, dated 1900. Scattered toning and stains, and found folded in quarters, probably tucked inside of a book and forgotten for 100 years or so. 10 5 8" x 8". Fold lines and stains as evident which feel very much all of a piece with it.