James Bone, "Being Van Gogh", Black Ink Drawing, 1940s antique moxie memorabilia The basket seems to be

The basket seems to be made primarily of a tightly wound paper fibre

1 3/8" across at opening and 3 3/4" across at base

painted over with what I think is watercolor

though taped together

and then there is the child next to a totem pole

James Bone, "Being Van Gogh", Black Ink Drawing, 1940s antique moxie memorabilia The basket seems to beFrom a second batch of drawings by the prolific and ever inventive Chicago artist James Frederic Bone (1929 2015), this is an early one, done in late 1940s, possibly while he was a grad student. Bone titled it "Being Van Gogh" on the reverse, which I have a feeling was done many years later as a bit of a commentary on the influences and aspirations of his younger artist self. Regardless, I think its a pretty great drawing, evoking all the romanticism