Curiously Posed Woman with Parasol and Raised Hand, Antique RPPC rick hintz the same must go for

the same must go for bookends

3 3/8" t x 2 5/8" wide

Bill de Kooning told Johns "you could give that son-of-a-bitch two beer cans and he could sell them

I really like the form and disposition of it

which in this case is as it should be

Curiously Posed Woman with Parasol and Raised Hand, Antique RPPC rick hintz the same must go forIt took me quite a while to figure out what was going on in this portrait, which is part of why I like it! At first I thought it was some sort of rod she holds, pointing off to the left but I finally realized it is the handle of a parasol, tipped 90 degrees to its side. (Adding the confusion is what I presume is the rolled cuff of the right sleeve, which looks almost like a brace attached to her arm.) And then this curious gesture she makes with her