Just one more chapter.
A signed work by American artist Conger Metcalf captures a young reader completely lost in a book, bare feet, furrowed brow and all.
Known especially for his expressive figurative work, Conger Metcalf (1914–1998) returned often to children, artists, and other figures absorbed in the business of everyday life. Here, a young reader sits folded over an oversized book, rendered in Metcalf’s characteristically restrained palette with the wonderfully serious concentration of someone who has no intention of being interrupted. Signed lower right and presented framed, it makes an especially good gift for the lifelong reader, the English major, or anyone whose nightstand has become structurally unsound.
Just one more chapter.
A signed work by American artist Conger Metcalf captures a young reader completely lost in a book, bare feet, furrowed brow and all.
Known especially for his expressive figurative work, Conger Metcalf (1914–1998) returned often to children, artists, and other figures absorbed in the business of everyday life. Here, a young reader sits folded over an oversized book, rendered in Metcalf’s characteristically restrained palette with the wonderfully serious concentration of someone who has no intention of being interrupted. Signed lower right and presented framed, it makes an especially good gift for the lifelong reader, the English major, or anyone whose nightstand has become structurally unsound.