Edwin Kosarek 1950 Erongaricuaro Drawing - Portrait as Map of Michoacan language with a newer mirror

with a newer mirror

4 3/16" d x 1" t and in very good presumed antique condition with a lovely patina to the dry wood

4 3/4" tall x 2 3/4" wide x 1 3/8" deep

exposing the clay beneath the paint

Over time I've become more and more attracted to things transformed by time and the forces of nature--in this case that force likely being a mouse who nibbled away at this creature's nose

Edwin Kosarek 1950 Erongaricuaro Drawing - Portrait as Map of Michoacan language with a newer mirrorI think his drawings were so good, lyrical and true feeling, and consistently inventive and surprising and this one combines two of my favorite things one: a portrait and a map! A point near the top of the head of this woman in profile is labeled Erongarcuaro (which means "Place of waiting" in the Purepecha language), a town in the Mexican state of Michoacan, and then down the train track like line to her wrist is the famous colonial town of Ptzcuaro.