A Very Well Dressed Man, Ink on Board Vintage Illustration handmade fish one of them on paper

one of them on paper with an embossed mark on the paper from the state of Massachusetts

down to the very crudely painted faces

1950s pastel drawings by Tatiana McKinney (1909-2008) I have in the shop--and they are both truly luminous

which a slit in roof made a large still bank

It lands mid-way between delicate and chunky--bold enough  to make a statement

A Very Well Dressed Man, Ink on Board Vintage Illustration handmade fish one of them on paperI found this one at Brimfield, and learned the name of the illustrator who did it, which I promptly forgot! It was someone known, though, and has the feel of a New Yorker cartoon to me, perhaps just in wait of the perfect caption! Great from cap to shoes I think, especially all that ink drawn pattern, and seems like a nice one to hang either in the dressing room, to inspire efforts toward dapperness, or near the front door to inspire preparedness for