Beautifully Hand-sculpted Terra Cotta Bust folk art saint 18 5/8" t x 14

18 5/8" t x 14 5/8" w x 3" d

) Each piece has a point value stamped on one side—indicating how many points a player would receive for successful extracting it from the others without disturbing them—and the set seems more or less complete

as a means of responding to the changed conditions of its mid-20th century context

oil on thin wood panel

then multiple pencil drawn frames around the whole thing

Beautifully Hand-sculpted Terra Cotta Bust folk art saint 18 5/8" t x 14Total love at first sight with this one, hand sculpted of terra cotta and fabulous all the way around, revealing different aspects of itself gradually. I find it quite elusive; I am not certain if representing a man or a woman, with the fantastically sculptural hair perhaps suggesting the latter, but the face looking somewhat more masculine to me, perhaps Latino. In any case, what a striking, strong face, with the slight cock of the head, wide open