Strange Baby! 1930 Hand-colored Photo of Child with Objects, 10 Months Old, Original Frame Cinnabar bowl of treasures box The green of the grass

The green of the grass is acidic enough to give the whole thing a glow-y pop

2 1/8" long x 1" wide x 1 3/8" tall

and upon completion collect tolls for their use

yielding a sandpaper texture and lending a sort of magical shimmer to the charcoal drawing

Strange Baby! 1930 Hand-colored Photo of Child with Objects, 10 Months Old, Original Frame Cinnabar bowl of treasures box The green of the grassA few strange ones today and this is definitely one of those! An original hand colored photograph in original frame, dated on the back; looks to read "About June 3, 1930, 10 months old." I'd say the hand coloring here did this child no favors their head looks almost as if superimposed on their little body, and the expression on this baby's face captures just the sort of bewilderment that makes it feel highly relatable, and really rather transcendent