Edwin Kosarek 1950 Ink Portrait of Woman With Long Hair chalkware 7 7/8" widest diameter

7 7/8" widest diameter

costs for items including oats

and dating to the late 19th century or so

This one seems never to have been used that way but clearly was left out in the elements for many years

Edwin Kosarek 1950 Ink Portrait of Woman With Long Hair chalkware 7 7/8" widest diameterAnother portrait by Edwin Kosarek, such a maker of good drawings I think, with a bit of a Kiki Smith feeling to this portrait, though pre dating Smith's emergence by 30+ years. (I especially love the curl at the end of this woman's long mane of hair, drawn in tiny black ink dots.) I purchased it from a dealer who had purchased a good number of them plus a journal kept by Kosarek, which provided a little biographical information. What I know is that he