Antique SECONDS Stencil gouache and colored pencil Such a great open face

Such a great open face I think

8 1/4" l x 3 5/8" t x 3 3/8" w

There are two diamond shaped holes in the drawing that were mended/filled

and looks to me rather smitten with Miss Elsie

I have not attempted to clean it

Antique SECONDS Stencil gouache and colored pencil Such a great open faceThis may be my favorite thing I've found of late, which I perceive at least in part as a sort of "art without intent" object due to the absence of a divider on the "D", which has the effect of announcing it not as a perfect thing, but rather as a flawed one, a "second." As a lover of found language that resonates in different contexts, I also love it for all the other things that "seconds" might connote too seconds of time, second in line, second