James Bone, "Being Van Gogh", Black Ink Drawing, 1940s Indonesian textile One side shows rich orange

One side shows rich orange fire clouding

Solid wood

Japanese influenced

and then these shiny silver shapes (aluminum I believe

as if toward a rolling ball coming in from the side

James Bone, "Being Van Gogh", Black Ink Drawing, 1940s Indonesian textile One side shows rich orangeFrom 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