I really love this drawing, including for 100% being able to imagine the Allen Scoggins (who signed it) lying there in traction, desperate for ways to while away the hours, and so having plenty of time to attend to every detail in his hospital room. And perhaps best of all, his giant foot suspended at far left! Along with his name at lower right is "To Geneva"--and on reverse it seems we learn that Geneva was the name of his doctor, or nurse, at Presbyterian Hospital, who was gifted it by her patient Allen. Feels tender and intimate on several levels--a self-portrait of a disarmed (dis-legged) patient in a vulnerable state, reliant upon, and feeling a sense of connection to and appreciation for his caregiver. (It also feels like a portrait of limbo if I ever saw one! And one might equate it with a folk art ex voto retablo, too--thanking saint Geneva:)) I purchased this from a seller in Oklahoma (where there seems to be a Presbyterian Hospital in Oklahoma City--so I might guess that is where it originated.)
12 1/4" x 9 1/4" framed, under glass, as found. The drawing sits maybe a quarter of an inch below its backing (along the top edge)--doesn't bother me at all so I left as is but looks like it would be very easy to open the back and adjust of desired.
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