Young Woman in Green and Black, c. 1950s Photo Statuette blueprints Smaller ship: paper size 8"

Smaller ship: paper size 8" x 10

Very solid and stable

Marble: 2 1/4" x 1 11/16" x 1 1/16"

Hand-done in rich red ink on an unmarked back

and a hairline split extending from it

Young Woman in Green and Black, c. 1950s Photo Statuette blueprints Smaller ship: paper size 8"From the same Rockport, MA collection as the painted tintype I just listed (and the other photos I've listed today too), a smiling photo statuette of a pretty young woman, c. 1950s I believe. I find the effect of transforming a photograph into a statuette such a curious thing like a doll, to be moved around, ready to be dropped into different scenarios which in this case seems precisely right, as one imagines this young woman's future had yet to be