Commanding/Cowering, 1960s Peter Passuntino Pastel and Charcoal and Drawing of Three Figures vintage spokeshave 7 3/4" t x 7

7 3/4" t x 7 5/8" w x 4 3/4" d

and he looks to me like he is shrugging

so perhaps he was modeled after one of those--this guy painted chalkware

and I think Odd Fellows

a photo of a king or queen

Commanding/Cowering, 1960s Peter Passuntino Pastel and Charcoal and Drawing of Three Figures vintage spokeshave 7 3/4" t x 7I find this quite a strong and affecting drawing, one of a handful I've purchased by artist Peter Passuntino (b. Chicago, 1936), dating the 1960s. I find his drawings quite potent; ambiguous but highly charged, seeming to portray psychological states as well as interpersonal dynamics, including exertions of power and expressions of vulnerability and feeling pretty archetypal as they do. Unsigned and undated, but I know from others in the group c. late