Aerial Perspective Drawing of Skyscrapers by Phyllis Myrick, 1964 antique Claes Oldenburg

Claes Oldenburg

as with old samplers

There are some very fancy little antique shoe-shaped snuff boxes out there with all sorts of inlays and flourishes

but with a different set up and configuration--and much more satisfying I think for the geometrical progression of the stacking order: i

as if from an Xacto knife

Aerial Perspective Drawing of Skyscrapers by Phyllis Myrick, 1964 antique Claes OldenburgIt seems quite likely this 1964 graphite drawing signed by a Phyllis Myrick was a school exercise, but I think its a pretty good one, with real dizzying effect! Indeed, I might be as inclined to lay it on a tabletop with a piece of glass over it as to hang it on the wall, with the illusionsm of the aerial perspective making one rather want to walk all the way around it! 9" x 15". Graphite on natural colored construction type paper. Signed and dated on