Imaginary Design: Grottesche

Black and brown ink on tan antique laid paper

Brown ink over red chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink and wash

Red chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black chalk and brown ink

Brown ink, gray and brown wash, and white gouache over black chalk on antique laid paper, laid down overall to cream antique laid paper

Brown ink and gray wash heightened with white gouache on blue antique laid paper with spatters of oil paint, laid down to printed page on antique laid paper

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Brown watercolor on brown antique laid paper; verso: black chalk, white gouache and traces of green and red watercolor [watercolor probably Van Dyck brown applied with a reed pen]

Black and white chalk, squared in black chalk, on blue antique-laid paper; verso: black chalk with traces of white chalk

Black and white chalk, stumped, on blue antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink

Brown ink on off-white antique laid paper

Brown ink, brown wash, black chalk and white gouache with significant retouching on dark cream antique laid paper

Black chalk, brown ink, gray wash and white gouache on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk and brown ink with extensive splatters of paint