SOLD Henry Hickel's Perfect Graphite and Crayon Star, 1913, Lancaster NY drawing of plant and the iron is gorgeous

and the iron is gorgeous

with a slide top on one side opening to a little compartment

with the flat wood handle punched right through the other end of the tin can

Hard not to feel more cheerful with this guy around

the religious practice of the Inspirationists remains vital today

SOLD Henry Hickel's Perfect Graphite and Crayon Star, 1913, Lancaster NY drawing of plant and the iron is gorgeousOne of a handful today pulled from the already falling apart 1913 sketchbook of a young Henry Henkel of Lancaster, NY, who wrote his name many times all over it and stamped it all over this particular page! This is the drawing that completely sold me on the sketchbook I find this pastel crayoned eight point star, drawn over a fainter penciled grid, used to help him get it just right a transcendently lovely thing. And with the star very much making me