Bill Anthony Mid-Century Ink Drawing: Woman in Chair on Telephone C. C. Hoke carving complete with front-brimmed cap

complete with front-brimmed cap

the stoneware vessel itself feels Japanese

I love the no fuss boldness and clarity of this old hand-painted sign

It would originally have had four small wicker sling loops for a narrow cord--one can see on the sides

Bill Anthony Mid-Century Ink Drawing: Woman in Chair on Telephone C. C. Hoke carving complete with front-brimmed capAfter buying and selling a drawing by the same artist as this one a few weeks ago, I learned that the artist was Bill Anthony, a mid 20th century artist illustrator from Virginia, examples of whose work (significantly more risque than this one, and also more absurd!) were presented in Josh Lowenfels booth at the 2019 Outsider Art Fair. (Blurb from artsy. net below.) Women in short skirts and high heels were clearly his fixation, but it's the