Commanding/Cowering, 1960s Peter Passuntino Pastel and Charcoal and Drawing of Three Figures miniature basket At first I took them

At first I took them for drawings

early 1980s or so

This may be my favorite old hand-drawn postcard yet

I'm never entirely certain what technically falls within the category of "fraktur" vs

Commanding/Cowering, 1960s Peter Passuntino Pastel and Charcoal and Drawing of Three Figures miniature basket At first I took themI find this quite a strong and affecting drawing, one of a handful I've purchased by artist Peter Passuntino (b. Chicago, 1936), dating the 1960s. I find his drawings quite potent; ambiguous but highly charged, seeming to portray psychological states as well as interpersonal dynamics, including exertions of power and expressions of vulnerability and feeling pretty archetypal as they do. Unsigned and undated, but I know from others in the group c. late