DARK ENGINE, Very Excellent Old Handcut Brass Stencil wood blocks and his papers were left

and his papers were left to Hamilton College

It feels rather like a modernist's take on the kitschy charm necklace/bracelet

with six circles divided up into differently sized slices and a spinner with sides corresponding to each

and the gold paint

DARK ENGINE, Very Excellent Old Handcut Brass Stencil wood blocks and his papers were leftSix months ago or so, I found the counterpoint stencil to this one GOLDEN ENGINE in the Hudson River Valley; this week I returned to the same shop and found DARK ENGINE waiting for me! As before, the dealer noted that this had come from a prominent area collection, from which I guess they are doling out one stencil at a time. Before I imagined that Golden Engine had been used to stencil the hood or maybe the sides of a race car many years ago, and