Edwin Kosarek 1950 Erongaricuaro Drawing - Portrait as Map of Michoacan language Silkworm and foot of a

Silkworm and foot of a caterpillar happily need no translation

A Brown and done for different courses at MIT

exposing the clay beneath the paint

and clearly made

8 5/8" t x 7 7/8" (base is 7" long) x 1 1/2" d (at base)

Edwin Kosarek 1950 Erongaricuaro Drawing - Portrait as Map of Michoacan language Silkworm and foot of aI think his drawings were so good, lyrical and true feeling, and consistently inventive and surprising and this one combines two of my favorite things one: a portrait and a map! A point near the top of the head of this woman in profile is labeled Erongarcuaro (which means "Place of waiting" in the Purepecha language), a town in the Mexican state of Michoacan, and then down the train track like line to her wrist is the famous colonial town of Ptzcuaro.