Bill Anthony Mid-Century Ink Drawing: Woman in Gloves and Stockings gold and bronze linked both to the Victorian

linked both to the Victorian obsession with the wonders of the natural world and to the liberation of young women from the confines of the parlor

and charcoal

a fermented gruel

One stain to the green silk visible on the back side

Bill Anthony Mid-Century Ink Drawing: Woman in Gloves and Stockings gold and bronze linked both to the VictorianA couple of years ago I bought a small stack of drawings that I soon later learned were the work of Bill Anthony, a mid 20th century artist illustrator from Virginia, examples of whose work (somewhat more risque than this one, and also more absurd!) were presented in Josh Lowenfels booth at the 2019 Outsider Art Fair. (Blurb from artsy. net below.) I sold a number of them then, and sat on the rest, but on this week when I didn't get out hunting, I