Graphite, Collage and Teabags on Paper | Divide by James Edward Scherbarth

Red bars climb a white strip like rungs on a very short ladder.

Divide is a work in graphite, collage and teabags on paper by James Edward Scherbarth, dated 2020 and signed and dated 09-02-2020 on the verso. Collage artists have long used everyday materials, and used tea bags give a stained, translucent paper with a natural tone. Two panels of brown, tea-colored paper sit side by side, with a narrow white band down the middle. Graphite loops wander beneath and across them. Five short red bars stack along the center line. It is 7 inches wide and 10 high.

Never has a cup of tea been put to better use.