Shields Landon (S.L) Jones Four Figures at Table, Large Mixed Media Drawing figures with joined arms I've just learned this piece

I've just learned this piece is a quintessential example of the recent work of Bowdoinham

Said to have made a sketch a day at least

which I am not certain was ever published

with nine lovely blonde wood pins and a cool ball

It is in great vintage condition with a lovely patina

Shields Landon (S.L) Jones Four Figures at Table, Large Mixed Media Drawing figures with joined arms I've just learned this pieceI wasn't familiar with the work of Shields Landon Jones (b. Indian Mills, WV 1901; died Hinton, WV 1997) when I found this and one other drawing by him (already sold) I just completely fell in love with this assembly of characters, and all that one might speculate about them! I have since learned a bit about him since, and quite an interesting artist, and human, he seems to have been. The Smithsonian Museum of Art (among many other institutions