James Bone, "Ich Liebe" (I am in love), ink drawing, 1955 Incan textile was a souvenir from Jelling

was a souvenir from Jelling

I'd guess it dates to 1980s or so

with the nose wiggling a bit if one tries

) cracked but stable (there's a bit of old chipping along the top edge

I have not found another with this sort of double frame all the way around

James Bone, "Ich Liebe" (I am in love), ink drawing, 1955 Incan textile was a souvenir from JellingI feel both full of love and full of the idea of love every time I look at this drawing. The way those fingers knit over our man's chest, just below that fabulous bowtie and in between the floating shirt buttons what a perfect distillation of the feel of a heart a'flutter in springtime! The 1955 drawing is an early work by James Frederic Bone (1929 2015), executed in ink (black, which reads more as dark brown now, and red for stripes on the bowtie).