Drawing Pencil on Paper by Bob Meyer: The Baker, Framed

He looks over his shoulder as if you have come about the bread.

This framed drawing, The Baker, is pencil on paper by Bob Meyer, from France, dated 1983. Pencil is an unforgiving medium, and a line this light leaves nowhere to hide. The man stands with his back mostly turned, arms folded high, a broad white garment left almost entirely to the bare paper. Only the head and the collar get real weight, with a sharp nose and a suspicious eye. Wide white space surrounds him. It measures 35 inches wide and 39 high.

The dough can wait. He would like to know what you want.