Young Woman in Green and Black, c. 1950s Photo Statuette strikers and terrifically intimate

and terrifically intimate

The bear grass and cedar bark used are materials indigenous to the Olympic Peninsula in Washington

This I can tell you is a really lovely one

in a nice period frame with wood backing

and this is a bit of an unusual one

Young Woman in Green and Black, c. 1950s Photo Statuette strikers and terrifically intimateFrom the same Rockport, MA collection as the painted tintype I just listed (and the other photos I've listed today too), a smiling photo statuette of a pretty young woman, c. 1950s I believe. I find the effect of transforming a photograph into a statuette such a curious thing like a doll, to be moved around, ready to be dropped into different scenarios which in this case seems precisely right, as one imagines this young woman's future had yet to be