Vaclav Vytlacil Abstract Drawing, 1977, 2nd of Two wooden figuring or giving pride of place

or giving pride of place to any photo at all

iconic to arts and crafts pottery of the earlyish 20th century

I am not a connoisseur of art glass

a version of which is featured in the collection of the Smithsonian Museum

Vaclav Vytlacil Abstract Drawing, 1977, 2nd of Two wooden figuring or giving pride of placeI knew when I found this drawing (and a second listed separately) sent as a Christmas card to artist Lois Gross Smiley, at whose estate sale I found itthat it was somethingand I was right! This is the work of Vaclav Vytlacil (1892 1984), a major figure in the emergence of American modernism. Vytacil co founded the American Abstract Artist Group, the predecessor of the New York School Abstract Expressionism, and his now highly valued paintings are in