Poignant Old Photo of Nude Studio Model in Curious Pose north shore ma decoy In its original case

In its original case

worn completely smooth

and also clear that in many cases there are several duplicates of the same piece included

The blue beads for the eyes give this carved Madonna a pretty intense presence-she feels both very holy and rather otherworldly

Poignant Old Photo of Nude Studio Model in Curious Pose north shore ma decoy In its original caseI love everything about this photo, 1910s 20s I believe from the movable studio wall in the background to the dirty floor to the Thonet chair in the corner to the framing of it all, all of which this nude seems completely of a piece with, as if she existed only in this context, of the ether but with grit under her fingernails. Which may have been exactly how the artist who I'd guess took the photo, perhaps in advance of a painting, saw her. And such a