Lantern in the Window 1976

I returned from Europe in the fall of 1976 and spent some time at my parents' home before going off to graduate school. This is the window of my childhood room, through which you can see the neighbors' house. You will also see a cylindrical lantern hanging at the window. I bought this lantern in Egypt, at the Khan-al-Khalili Market in Cairo, in 1975, and brought it back as a souvenir. I equipped it with an electric flicker-bulb and it is still with me even now, in my studio as I type this in the world of the future. The window, though, is gone, another house has been built on the site.

Reddish-brown tech pen ink on sketchbook page, 4 1/2" x 5 1/2", 1976.