Parachuter Falling to Earth, Poignant Pair of Old Photos antique santos without lid the basket measures

without lid the basket measures 5 1/2" across

plus nice irregularities indigenous to both plate and glazing

and here I think the wintery trees and traces of her skates on the ice are all the better felt in the negative

and the man and moon at lower left who also seems to be a harp

with a surprising pop of orange for the rail

Parachuter Falling to Earth, Poignant Pair of Old Photos antique santos without lid the basket measuresI find these photographs so beautiful individually and together. Pretty much nothing so existential as falling from the sky! And then so simply beautiful as a parachute opening to slow one's fall. Here the first photo captured just after the parachute has opened, and the second just after the parachuter has touched down, with a man running fast toward him from the bottom right corner. Pure and perfect. Each 4 7 8" x 3 7 8". Sold as a pair. Some visual