James Bone Cutout Self-Portrait in Profile, 1991 antique lidded boxes There's such a wealth out

There's such a wealth out there of amazing Japanese Netsuke--finely carved miniature sculptures that traditionally functioned as sliding beads or toggles securing the cord attaching a sagemono

The body of the vase is in perfect condition but there are a couple of little chips on the tiny lip (documented in photos

Another sweet handmade wooden animal to add the the menagerie

The dealer I bought them from described them as representing civil war generals

James Bone Cutout Self-Portrait in Profile, 1991 antique lidded boxes There's such a wealth outFrom a second batch of drawings by the prolific and endlessly inventive Chicago artist James Frederic Bone (1929 2015), this is one of two wonderful 1991 cutout silhouette self portraits, with the features playfully rendered in black ink dots and line. Often recycling materials in his work, this one makes use of page 17 of an essay invoking Freud, Philp Rieff, and contemporary cultures annihilation of intellectual diversity! What I know about James