"Window Shopping" by Sperry Andrews, Amer., (1917-2005) New Acquisition

"Window Shopping" by Sperry Andrews, Amer., (1917-2005) New AcquisitionPen and Brush and Ink Drawing, ca. 1941, 10 13 16 x 14 7 8, signed with initials in ink i. r. verso, on cream wove paper. This drawing shows a group of soldiers off duty in a restaurant gazing at two young women outside deciding whether to venture in. Andrews has included his self portrait profile in sillouette at right. The isolation and loneliness the artist felt far from home while serving his country is revealed in a small group of works on paper

from the same group and publisher

on cream wove vellum paper

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A striking and playful mid century nautical tondo design

in a small edition

hardly visible except under raking light

the title penciled bottom left margin

The ample use here of yellow and green add a revealing emotional intensity to the surely critical verbal exchange shared between these two women

labor intensive  drawing technique using dots

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Kleinholz excelled later in school  and became a lawyer

Traces of tape residue top margin edge verso