Lot 240 — Two Faces in Marker, Signed Elmer Sanders

A framed cubist double portrait in coloured marker on tan paper: a long green-framed face with lashy eyes beside a blocky brown face with one big yellow eye. Signed Elmer Sanders.

Artist
Elmer Sanders (signed)
Dimensions
Not yet measured
Materials
Coloured marker on paper, matted and framed under glass

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Description

Two faces sharing one sheet like shipmates sharing a hammock. On the left, a long face framed in green and black, with wide lashy eyes, a nose made of two straight lines and a little grimace of a mouth. On the right, a face split into blocks of brown, grey and tan, one big yellow eye up top and a pair of full lips set low. A yellow polka-dot collar and two rounded shoulders fill the bottom.

Drawn in coloured marker on tan paper and signed “Elmer Sanders” at the lower left. White mat, dark wooden frame with a worn edge, under glass. The hold already has two other pieces signed Elmer Sanders, Lots 107 and 110.