Bauhaus Era Gunther Wagner Oil Crayons in Original Wood Box meiji lacquer box and feels terrific to hold

and feels terrific to hold and use

painted with an elegant gold and silver design

which is unmarked--providing no clue as to the maker of the glove

Cohen's work is also included in the collections of deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park

with its smooth surface and gracefully curved lip

Bauhaus Era Gunther Wagner Oil Crayons in Original Wood Box meiji lacquer box and feels terrific to holdI love finding beautiful, still usable old art supplies, carrying with them an unknowable but surely brilliant (!) history of use, as well as a future full of possibility. Based on the logo, these Gunther Wagner oil crayons in great wooden original box date to sometime prior to the late 1930s, and I'd think more likely sometime late ish 1910s 20s. I of course like to imagine this set was used by a student at the Bauhaus, somehow ultimately finding its