A year or two ago I purchased a bundle of drawings I learned afterwards were/are the work of Bill Anthony, a mid 20th century artist/illustrator from Virginia, examples of whose work (significantly more risque than these, and also more absurd!) were presented in Josh Lowenfels booth at the 2019 Outsider Art Fair. (Blurb from artsy.net below.) Women in short skirts and high heels were clearly his fixation, but it's the simultaneous attention paid to faces and outfits and postures and gestures and hairstyles that endears these to me, and most of his women appear to be quite self-possessed. I've been listing these slowly, these four are the final ones of the bunch, sold individually.
First two photos show all with actual proportions in relation to one another. Then photos detail each, with letter of that drawing at top left corner. Please add one or more to cart and indicate in notes field at checkout the letter/s of the the one/s you would like.
A: 11" x 5"; B: 9 1/4" x 5 1/8"; C: 10 3/8" x 4 7/8"; D 9 7/8" x 5 3/4". All in good condition.
6 Inspiring Outsider Artists You Should Know, Scott Indrisek, Jan 18, 2019:
Bill Anthony, Joshua Lowenfels Works of Art
“He’s an up-skirt guy,” joked the gallery’s Kevin Duffy, reflecting on a series of ink drawings from the 1930s by Bill Anthony. Categorized as a series of portraits of “Fetish Chicks,” the works depict various anonymous women caught in the act of retrieving money from the floor. Sure, there’s something disturbing and borderline stalkerish about such a niche fixation, but Anthony’s fine draftsmanship adds a gentle touch to what might otherwise be plain creepy. There isn’t much known about the Virginia-born artist’s personal life. Gallery owner Joshua Lowenfels posits that he worked at a television station, and identified as a “self-proclaimed illustrator” with “a certain fetish for women dropping something in a tight spot.”
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