Design for a Sopraporta

Brown ink, brown wash and white gouache on gray prepared cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink.

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

Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper, discolored brown, laid down overall to antique laid decorative mount

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, mounted at four corners to blue-gray antique laid paper mounted with Sagredo tabs to off-white antique laid paper

Black chalk, brown ink, gray-brown wash on white paper

Brown ink on cream antique laid paper toned overall with brown wash, partial framing lines in black ink; verso: leadpoint

Tempera (and/or oil), charcoal, and stylus, varnished overall, on paper

Black chalk, heavily reworked, on cream antique laid paper

Red chalk on tan paper, laid down

Brown ink on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink and black chalk

Brown ink on cream antique laid paper

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk, later gone over with a stylus, on off-white antique laid paper