Edwin Kosarek 1950 Ink Portrait of Woman With Long Hair circus carousel in two different styles) and

in two different styles)  and animals on the two others

and the to and fros from school it has done

Kings Township

The wood is aged and a bit rough in spots

That the center mends run straight up to an eye hook for hanging also makes them feel rather like the bands of a harness

Edwin Kosarek 1950 Ink Portrait of Woman With Long Hair circus carousel in two different styles) andAnother portrait by Edwin Kosarek, such a maker of good drawings I think, with a bit of a Kiki Smith feeling to this portrait, though pre dating Smith's emergence by 30+ years. (I especially love the curl at the end of this woman's long mane of hair, drawn in tiny black ink dots.) I purchased it from a dealer who had purchased a good number of them plus a journal kept by Kosarek, which provided a little biographical information. What I know is that he