On the Couch, With Cat, Esther Pressoir Signed Ink/Ink Wash on Paper, 1930s pill box and in great shape to

and in great shape to hold the pages of a great American novel yet to be written

Hard not to get sucked into this once one begins reading

and could be put to all sorts of creative and pragmatic uses

so off to hunt he goes (or else perhaps to settle a matter with the neighboring estate

Charles Rudy (b

On the Couch, With Cat, Esther Pressoir Signed Ink/Ink Wash on Paper, 1930s pill box and in great shape toI knew nothing of Esther Estelle ("Stella") Pressoir (American, 1902 1980) when I found this ink drawing along with several other works by her at Brimfield (an etching also listed today, and a few more to come), but what a delight it has been to learn a bit about her, and Stella's star is most definitely on the rise. Assistant Professor of Theory and History of Art and Design at the Rhode Island School of Design Suzanne M. Scanlan's recently published