Abstracted Figure(s), Modernist Mid Century Carved Sculpture antique chalkboard in the same (wonderfully framed

in the same (wonderfully framed out) spot is a tintype portrait of an older woman

)) black and white cat is one of those

giving it a sense of movement and also

but this bowl does have irregularities

and especially love the three little figures left ashore

Abstracted Figure(s), Modernist Mid Century Carved Sculpture antique chalkboard in the same (wonderfully framedThis carving, which I purchased from a mostly mid century dealer with a really nice eye, just struck me with every turn it seems just about to resolve into something, like a pair of embracing figures, or a figure carrying a child, but it never quite does and so feels perpetually elusive and dynamic. From a few angles it also really appears as if there are the features of a face, or two, trapped just below the surface, waiting to emerge! 9 1 2 t x 3 3