Gertrude Stein in Bryant Park
ink and pastel
25.4 x 20.3 cm (10" x 8")

This is a drawing of the sculpture of Gertrude Stein which sits in Bryant Park, behind the New York Public Library. The sculpture was done by Jo Davidson in the early nineteen thirties, I believe. The National Portrait Gallery in Washington has a similar terra cotta sculpture of Stein by Davidson, although I think it's smaller.

It was a bright, sunny Friday afternoon in April, when this drawing was done. Bryant Park was packed. You can see the backs of some of the people enjoying the weather in the lower corners of the picture.