Willem Klijn Pencil Drawing of Man in Hat and Glasses, 1910, Brussels jardiniere perhaps original to the making

perhaps original to the making

This 1902 first edition of “What’s What At Home and Abroad” by F

stood on the bedside table

or just hung as ornaments here and there

and on the lower right appears to be a signature in red--a rarity among pith paintings as I understand it

Willem Klijn Pencil Drawing of Man in Hat and Glasses, 1910, Brussels jardiniere perhaps original to the makingThis hatted and bespectacled man reminds me rather of James Joyce a smart, serious, and quite sensitive young man. And I find this drawing, which appears to have been rendered on the back of a white paper receipt or wrapper, so romantic, conjuring visions of early 20th century European cafe life I can just see Dutch artist Willem Klijn sitting quietly in the corner by a window, dashing off this sketch while lively intellectual banter rises all around