James Bone, "Being Van Gogh", Black Ink Drawing, 1940s Indonesian textile though the blue of the

though the blue of the dress and pink of the skin may be hand-colored

Between those bright eyes with star-like black lashes and these fantastic ballooning pants

and then these shiny silver shapes (aluminum I believe

but really don't know any more specifically about it than that

James Bone, "Being Van Gogh", Black Ink Drawing, 1940s Indonesian textile though the blue of theFrom 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