Washington Allston
American (Georgetown, SC 1779 - 1843 Cambridge, MA)
Mensuration, Problem VI, c. 1797-1799Drawing
Brown ink on ivory laid paper
irregular: 23.6 x 19.2 cm (9 5/16 x 7 9/16 in.)
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg MuseumHands up if you read the title as “Menstruation” and that made you REALLY confused about the diagram of a dude standing on the lady looking at point A on the hillside.
#HandUp
This is for a book project called The Where, The What and The How: 75 Artists Illustrate the Wondrous Mysteries of the Universe that will be out next year sometime. I will post more details about it as it gets closer, but it looks like it’s going to be a good one.
Damn, you guys. Jon Klassen is a texture god, this is so gorgeous!