Relief Carved Folk Art Nude in Profile Signed Hemwind mid-century brass cheese wedge resulting in a definite softening

resulting in a definite softening of any fierceness

established in 1870

I really really love the how the face on this carving is not at all what one might expect based on the rest of her

I love how hushed this scene feels

Embossed mark from Massachusetts at top left corner

Relief Carved Folk Art Nude in Profile Signed Hemwind mid-century brass cheese wedge resulting in a definite softeningA gently, tenderly done folk art relief carved panel, which I love especially for this young woman's voluptuous, sculptural hair do! A lovely face and long neck, too, rendered in profile, conveying a sense of focus, and poise, and determination. With a nicely carved raised frame around her, too, as if she herself were an image, hung like a portrait atop the panel. With some carving to the surface around her head, lending texture, and signed (carved)