Graphite, Wax Pencil & Collage on Paper | Broken by James Edward Scherbarth

A torn edge curves round like a broken question, with gray hatching scrawled across its lower half.

Broken is a work in graphite, wax pencil and collage on paper by James Edward Scherbarth, dated 2020 and signed and dated June 11, 2020 on the verso. Torn paper is a favored collage material because the tear itself leaves a rough, irregular line no pen would draw. A pale rectangle outlined in fine graphite fills much of the sheet. A curving torn edge, darkened along its rim, sweeps from the top down to the lower left. Crumpled marks gather at the upper left, and a band of looped hatching crosses near the bottom. It is 7 inches wide and 10 high.

Broken, but arranged with great tact.