Woman in Top Hat "The Would Be Poet" 1913 Pen and Ink Signed Drawing bobble head armadillo The details make them feel

The details make them feel very special

and then these shiny silver shapes (aluminum I believe

looking fabulous holding down a pile of papers while just waiting to be picked up and held in your hand

deeply carved grid of red and black lines

yielding this wonderful warm rusty red color with mustard yellow highlights

Woman in Top Hat "The Would Be Poet" 1913 Pen and Ink Signed Drawing bobble head armadillo The details make them feelSome things I take a while to deliberate over before purchasing, but not this drawing it sold me immediately! I have no idea the story behind it; whether it was drawn as a self effacing self portrait of sorts, or as a caricature satirizing the rise of aspiring women authors I like to think the former, but in any event I think she's terrific, and seems quite poised to accomplish whatever she sets her mind to! At the moment this is penning an Ode to