SOLD Henry Hickel's Perfect Graphite and Crayon Star, 1913, Lancaster NY shunga print on cloth with the incised decoration and

with the incised decoration and applied beaded frieze near the base typical of the lacquerwork of the Shan people (also known as the Dai or Tai Yai)

Mother and daughter (surely

Wired at top for hanging and recessed on backside wth a few metal bits still stuck in for holding a picture in place

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Cards measure 3 1/4" x 2 1/4"

SOLD Henry Hickel's Perfect Graphite and Crayon Star, 1913, Lancaster NY shunga print on cloth with the incised decoration andOne of a handful today pulled from the already falling apart 1913 sketchbook of a young Henry Henkel of Lancaster, NY, who wrote his name many times all over it and stamped it all over this particular page! This is the drawing that completely sold me on the sketchbook I find this pastel crayoned eight point star, drawn over a fainter penciled grid, used to help him get it just right a transcendently lovely thing. And with the star very much making me