Vaclav Vytlacil Abstract Drawing, 1970s, One of Two animal bowl Carved from one piece of

Carved from one piece of wood

rather reminding one

is in excellent condition

joined to one another by small nails and then by four pieces of wire strung through holes and neatly twisted along the bottom edge

Vaclav Vytlacil Abstract Drawing, 1970s, One of Two animal bowl Carved from one piece ofI 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. Vytlacil co founded the American Abstract Artist Group, the predecessor of the New York School Abstract Expressionism, and his now highly valued paintings are in