Lot of Antique Mechanics Delight Tobacco Tags Plus a Few Extras graphite on wood And hard to be the

And hard to be the terrific color scheme

A charming embodiment of patience and persistence

I'd love to know the story behind this one--whether this silkscreen was made to print the logo of an actual "Private Eye" or a fictional one

and collage on cardstock weight board

sitting on a bench and watching this woman who has surely made a daily habit of coming to feed these birds

Lot of Antique Mechanics Delight Tobacco Tags Plus a Few Extras graphite on wood And hard to be theI love old tobacco tags, which have metal tabs on the back, which can be punched through cloth or into wood, or folded over something (I've seen a few fabulous old wooden boxes and panels clad in these.) And I think the color and graphics on these "Mechanics Delights" tags are especially good, c. 1910s, produced by P. Lorillard Co. Jersey City, N. J. featuring one man carrying a saw and the other using an anvil. Plus a few old red cross pinbacks and