JS-2022-576 Hands A single vessel set beneath

A single vessel set beneath a hand-lettered fragment of Emily Dickinson ("there is no book / like a frigate")

Detective fiction reduced to its essential mood and reanimated as illustrated text

and love" - Murray Whyte

and dense crosshatched mark

A single vessel rendered in Sarkin's signature direct line

JS-2022-576 Hands A single vessel set beneathA tree reduced to gesture branching form with negative space carrying as much weight as line. Drawn on a recycled cardboard album sleeve, the substrate's edges and surface texture left visible as part of the work. The tree was one of Sarkin's most persistent motifs, returned to across decades of drawing. Signed. Authenticated by The Jon Sarkin Estate. Ships from Gloucester, MA.