Ode to Jasper Johns, Classic Flat Top Ballantine Ale Can antique articulated figure functioning like giant decorative washers

functioning like giant decorative washers capping support rods that ran the width of a building

5 1/2" in diameter

with a few smudges to the white of the paper but the drawing clear and strong

done according to the Becker rather than Spencerian method

Smaller: 4 3/4" l

Ode to Jasper Johns, Classic Flat Top Ballantine Ale Can antique articulated figure functioning like giant decorative washersI found a handful of old Ballantine beer cans a few years ago, which I bought in homage to Jasper Johns, who made them icons of art history through his Painted Bronze (Ale Cans), 1960. This is the first I've come across in a long while, precisely the same type as used as basis for the sculpture, and it made me very happy; I can't look at a Ballantine can and think of anything else, such that all Ballantine cans are already objets d'art to me, which