Edwin Kosarek 1950 Ink Portrait of Woman With Long Hair chalkware This one seems never to

This one seems never to have been used that way but clearly was left out in the elements for many years

and dating to the late 19th century or so

Old water stain visible on the red section and a bit of darkening to the white fabric

this piece was purchased from an estate in Newton

with  black pieces occupying squares 1 to 12

Edwin Kosarek 1950 Ink Portrait of Woman With Long Hair chalkware This one seems never toAnother 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