Thicket (XXX), 1979 Color Lithograph (ed. 10) by Boston Area Artist Peter Wagner shino-glazed tea bowl The dealer in my neck

The dealer in my neck of the woods that I purchased this root burl stool from believed it to be antique Chinese--and looking at some images of Chinese root wood "scholar's stools

visible when looking inside but not evident otherwise

but I love it--in very large part because of that meat-like melon (with those very pork chop looking slices) which gives the whole thing a Chaïm Soutine sort of flavor in addition to lending it a certain eroticism

and many more into the mix

Thicket (XXX), 1979 Color Lithograph (ed. 10) by Boston Area Artist Peter Wagner shino-glazed tea bowl The dealer in my neckNot totally my usual sort of this for the shop, but I happened upon this 1979 lithograph, titled "Thicket" (edition of 10) by still active Boston area artist Peter Wagner and it resonated to me in all sorts of ways and the more time I spend with it the more I love it. My first thought, at this particular moment, was to read the three "X"s as a row X chromosomes, and so as stand ins for women, forming a blockade, (i. e. hands off my body, thank you