Bauhaus Era Gunther Wagner Oil Crayons in Original Wood Box captioned illustration which this appears to be

which this appears to be

The strap is missing but otherwise is in very good condition

terminating in those wonderfully clunky little feet with incised toes

and the top

and became know for hyper realistic metal point work

Bauhaus Era Gunther Wagner Oil Crayons in Original Wood Box captioned illustration which this appears to beI love finding beautiful, still usable old art supplies, carrying with them an unknowable but surely brilliant (!) history of use, as well as a future full of possibility. Based on the logo, these Gunther Wagner oil crayons in great wooden original box date to sometime prior to the late 1930s, and I'd think more likely sometime late ish 1910s 20s. I of course like to imagine this set was used by a student at the Bauhaus, somehow ultimately finding its