Iconic Old Solid Brass Hourglass Printing Block Arshille Gorky graphite on wove paper with

graphite on wove paper with just a bit of a sheen

he  studied at Harvard

The Gift 3 box has its original label

Also plenty large for a healthy pitcher of sangria or margaritas

Iconic Old Solid Brass Hourglass Printing Block Arshille Gorky graphite on wove paper withMy attraction to printing blocks is not really related to their printable function; rather, I'm attracted their objecthood and specifically interested in ones bearing text or graphics that have all sorts of resonances. So this excellent old solid brass one bearing a perfectly rendered hourglass, as what is more symbolic, and iconic, than that? (I might lay it on its side in a gesture of trying to slow things down!) Just an excellent small thing, and