Boxing Match Drawing, Second Batch, Drawing 4 gardiniere I really love the imagery

I really love the imagery on this antique postcard--I believe dating to around 1918 at the end of World War I--as well as the sentiment

I purchased this painting unframed but sandwiched between two pieces of glass that had been masking taped around the edges

with fabulous inset portrait of what appears to be an Egyptian woman set against a landscape complete with camel

I have done a fair amount of research

Boxing Match Drawing, Second Batch, Drawing 4 gardiniere I really love the imageryI had a previous sketchbook of six drawings of boxers by this unknown amateur artist, which sold out quickly, so I went back to the source and purchased the other set of them he had. I really love the honesty and directness of these, and find them poignant, intimate and very human. This one is a bit different than the others in that it features just one boxer, up against the ropes at Caesar's Palace, but is similarly super focused, and retains a