Slow Line Strokes, Satisfying (and a bit Raymond Pettibon-esque) Ink on Board Drawing lacquer box with monk but with such an excellent

but with such an excellent

These are large--4 3/8" x 3" each--color litho on substantial cardboard with pale pink backs

My knowledge of post WWII French Abstraction is not very strong

At the top of the box is a small pocket

this is clearly a complete set

Slow Line Strokes, Satisfying (and a bit Raymond Pettibon-esque) Ink on Board Drawing lacquer box with monk but with such an excellentThis is much better than photos convey there's a real energy and palpability to the inked mark making, and a real sense of immediacy to the whole thing; I actually tried for several minutes to walk away from it, because it was not inexpensive, but I simply could not! I find something quite poetic and metaphorical feeling about the phrase "slow line strokes," too, and the hand that wrote it and drew these lines feels very Ray Pettibon in manner to me.