Ode to Jasper Johns, Classic Flat Top Ballantine Ale Can silver paperwieght that it was handed along

that it was handed along from one aspiring citizen to the next

who she seems to be looking on with just mild curiosity

but I think this one is especially excellent for the quality of the painting on her face especially--to me she looks almost as if she just just stepped out of early 19th century painting

The way the booklet is hinged also makes it an easy one to stand up on on its own

I believe they were inserted specifically for this purpose and the entire book was hand-stiched together by its creator

Ode to Jasper Johns, Classic Flat Top Ballantine Ale Can silver paperwieght that it was handed alongI found a handful of old Ballantine beer cans a few years ago, which I bought in homage to Jasper Johns, who made them icons of art history through his Painted Bronze (Ale Cans), 1960. This is the first I've come across in a long while, precisely the same type as used as basis for the sculpture, and it made me very happy; I can't look at a Ballantine can and think of anything else, such that all Ballantine cans are already objets d'art to me, which