Elsie Zimmerman's Full of Character Graphite Chair Drawing, c. 1930s old drawing pencils looking like someone's very hard-trying

looking like someone's very hard-trying effort to write in cursive script

and perhaps Hovsepian held on to it precisely because that student went on to great art world fame

and perhaps the shade of a few leafy branches overhead

which gives it its color

and hand-drawn graphite decoration too

Elsie Zimmerman's Full of Character Graphite Chair Drawing, c. 1930s old drawing pencils looking like someone's very hard-tryingThis chair was one of a handful of school drawings found in Lancaster County PA by a young Elsie Zimmerman, c. 1930s I believe. I've come to recognize standard programs of drawing exercises for grade school students during various decades, and have had one other chair drawing of a similar ilk to this one, which I believe was part of the program during that period, an exercise in perspective I believe. I love it very much as a stand alone drawing one