Color and Pattern Study on Lightweight Cardboard - No. 10 vintage brass key-holder I just snagged a handful

I just snagged a handful of pieces by James Frederic Bone (1929-2015)

I imagine that there was once a thin rod or wire that attached to the holes on either side of their arms by which one would hold them up and make them dance

and defiant

with a little wear/aging visible on the face and belly

a Beat collector

Color and Pattern Study on Lightweight Cardboard - No. 10 vintage brass key-holder I just snagged a handfulI just picked up six of these brilliantly colorful pattern paintings on lightweight board and think they are just gorgeous. They are hand numbered in pencil at top center (this one is 10; the highest number of them is 43, so there were once a whole lot of these). My guess is that they were a (well done) art design school exercise, but at some point, also in pencil, prices ranging from 60 (. 60) to 1. 75 were added at top right, reiterated with hand