Commanding/Cowering, 1960s Peter Passuntino Pastel and Charcoal and Drawing of Three Figures vintage spokeshave simple black metal

simple black metal

and I think Odd Fellows

but they remain in good condition overall

Signed EL Shade

so perhaps he was modeled after one of those--this guy painted chalkware

Commanding/Cowering, 1960s Peter Passuntino Pastel and Charcoal and Drawing of Three Figures vintage spokeshave simple black metalI find this quite a strong and affecting drawing, one of a handful I've purchased by artist Peter Passuntino (b. Chicago, 1936), dating the 1960s. I find his drawings quite potent; ambiguous but highly charged, seeming to portray psychological states as well as interpersonal dynamics, including exertions of power and expressions of vulnerability and feeling pretty archetypal as they do. Unsigned and undated, but I know from others in the group c. late