Antique Copper Sulky Driver from Old Weathervane JJ P all but one of the

all but one of the original nails on the body of the box are in place

and and a large collection of work by Alexander Calder

including as a poster artist for Modena's Communist Party

(once) clear glaze over most of the body

In the course of discovering his great nimbleness as I was photographing him

Antique Copper Sulky Driver from Old Weathervane JJ P all but one of theCertainly this old guy once sat on a sulky behind a horse as part of a fine antique weathervane, I'd guess early 20th century. The rest of it may live on somewhere else, and I'd guess he once had arms, too, though there is really no sign of welding along his shoulders, so perhaps he was never finished? At any rate, I rather love him now just as he is, a mix of elegant and awkward, forever holding this funny posture, which keeps making me think of him