Spheres, with Mill House on Reverse, Henry Hinkel Graphite, 1913 Crayon and Ink Drawing with Writing All Over minimalist painting Surface cracking and wear to

Surface cracking and wear to the clay evident

It is framed by incised banding around the perimeter of the lid as well as near the top and bottom of the sides

very warm patina

Unsigned/unmarked

Spheres, with Mill House on Reverse, Henry Hinkel Graphite, 1913 Crayon and Ink Drawing with Writing All Over minimalist painting Surface cracking and wear toOne of a handful today pulled from the already falling apart sketchbook of a young Henry Henkel of Lancaster, NY, who wrote his name many times all over it and very much all over this particular page! At top, just above the baseball, is written the word "sphere," tying it together, but easily missed. I'm not quite sure why, but I find the combination of these "spheres" (is a lemon or is a walnut? a sphere?) and this whole sphere of Henry Henkel's