James Bone, "Stuck," Ink Drawing, 1970 carved wood figure and blue glaze

and blue glaze

and with the snuff box housed not in the cavity of the shoe

either clearly made of copper or described as tinned copper

I purchased it because I thought it was just a beautiful and curious sculptural object that would look great propped or hanging somewhere

with royalty and high-ranking officials considering it fashionable to wear carved fruit pit accessories

James Bone, "Stuck," Ink Drawing, 1970 carved wood figure and blue glazeI think this is a fantastic drawing giving form to "stuck" ness in an explicitly literal (and very 1970s) way, but one which also feels super true and resonant. And what a beautifully drawn tangle of stretching limbs and grabbing hands, with these dense patches of fine hair like lines along the borders between bodies. I must say that since first seeing it, I have not been able to get this drawing out of my mind. What I know about James Bone is that he