Helen Wagner Malta 1930s Drawing of Tattooed Woman with Eyes All Over! gift for display perfectly tailored

perfectly tailored

Images were published from original drawings using a zincography

” but also a square of sandpaper adhered to the bottom left corner for striking matches

with some lighter and some darker areas

This snail was acquired from the estate of a choreographer/dancer in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood

Helen Wagner Malta 1930s Drawing of Tattooed Woman with Eyes All Over! gift for display perfectly tailoredThis wonderful ink drawing feels completely contemporary to me, but was done in the 1930s by Helen Wagner Malta (1912 1975), who signed it along the outside curve of the right foot. From what I understand, it came from a sketchbook of her drawings from that time when she was teaching at the Harlem Art Center and working at the New York branch of the WPA graphics division. Malta's work, which included drawings, paintings and prints, is found in