Chris Ritter Mid-Century Pastel and Watercolor Drawing of Wounded Lion RR or a collection of handmade

or a collection of handmade dice should one be so lucky

and The Boston Globe

encampment tent with all seeing eye

I just can't resist these old floral watercolors

nice and heavy

Chris Ritter Mid-Century Pastel and Watercolor Drawing of Wounded Lion RR or a collection of handmadePainter, printmaker, educator, and gallerist Chris Ritter (1906 1976), who made this large drawing I believe in the 1950s or so, was a fascinating character and important figure in the New York Postwar Avant Garde scene, whose work is represented in the British Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, the New York Public Library, and the Whitney Museum of American Art as well as many other collections. (More bio below.) I purchased