SOLD Bob Shawkee Pitching-For-Yanks-1921 Graphite Drawing antique copper rivets born in Versailles

born in Versailles

but would guess a Spanish one

and I imagine it may indeed have been done as an illustration for a book or publication about sea creatures

I'd keep him on the corner of my desk hoping he might bring wisdom

I'd probably use it as a sculptural pedestal for other things

SOLD Bob Shawkee Pitching-For-Yanks-1921 Graphite Drawing antique copper rivets born in VersaillesI love the game of baseball, and everything about this drawing, most of the strange but very tender handling of the fingers on Bob Shawkey's pitching hand so good. His cap and glove and slightly open mouth are all pretty great too, and the style of the lettering at the bottom just right. Surely done by a Yankees obsessed adolescent boy in 1921, who it gives me pleasure to imagine drawing all his favorite players. 8" x 10", graphite on wove paper with