French Drawing by Bob Meyer: Couple, Unframed

A woman in a big black hat, a man with a big grin, and one hand reaching between them.

Couple is an unframed charcoal drawing on paper by Bob Meyer, from France, around 1969. Charcoal suits quick, searching drawing. Here a woman with a broad black hat turns her face out at upper left, her body sketched in loose contours. A heavier, grinning man fills the right side. Their hands meet at the center of the sheet in a tangle of lines. The paper has been folded in quarters, is torn at the edges and has toned to a warm cream. It is 36 inches wide and 40 high.

Some couples need few words. These two need only a few lines.