Wonderful Old Jointed Clown Whirligig Fragment joseph albers all in pencil

all in pencil

presumably straight off the streets of Amsterdam

There are a few stray bits of fuzz and dust on the wool

but possibly gouache

Wonderful Old Jointed Clown Whirligig Fragment joseph albers all in pencilIm pretty sure this was once part of a whirligig, but think it's pretty perfect just as it is now, with this clown (who, though I doubt intentional, looks like a woman to me, and also a bit witchy) attached by a couple of screws to the plank behind her, which terminates in a baby blue ball, giving a pom pom to the tip of her darker blue hat! Her arms move, as do her legs, though they have no feet, and I must say with one arm lifted over her head she