Striking R.M Truitt 1960 Ink Drawing of Two Boxers old Native American pottery Mexico painted on the reverse

Mexico painted on the reverse side

It begins with an introduction--"First of All"--noting that "art is the finest way of doing anything" and discussing materials

just a little paint loss and a little staining visible against the cream

and many years in it yet

but all the better for it

Striking R.M Truitt 1960 Ink Drawing of Two Boxers old Native American pottery Mexico painted on the reverseThis is one of two drawings of boxers that I purchased together from a seller in Pennsylvania both signed R. M Truitt and dated 1960. I have had no luck at all turning up the artist (searches for Truitt yield page upon page of the wonderful work of Anne Truitt, though, which is a pleasure to wade through, but makes it hard to find anything else!) I think both drawings are really quite remarkable, recalling the work of Fletcher Martin (1904 1979), who