Young Man on Pommel Horse in Open Air, Metaphoric/Existential Feeling 1911 Real Photo Postcard corrugated anasazi I do not know whence

I do not know whence this came

I would guess they date from the 1940s or so

and would look pretty cozy hung near a fireplace

and to my eye lovely

Purchased from a dealer in New Hampshire

Young Man on Pommel Horse in Open Air, Metaphoric/Existential Feeling 1911 Real Photo Postcard corrugated anasazi I do not know whenceI find this one quite beautiful and quite poetic, and it feels like a sort of pun to me too, as I am often snatching up old photos of men on actual (animate) horses! I do find our young man here rather akin to the lone horseman, too, appearing very focused and absorbed in this rather existential test of his own strength and coordination, worlds apart from visitors wandering around in the distance. And quite a beautiful thing this pommel horse an early