Lovely, Delicately Carved Nude on Panel with Hidden Face Band Aid tin also known for his work

also known for his work as the director of the National Gallery in London (1874-94) during a major period of collection building

caught in photos

craggy surface to the wood giving it quite a primordial feel--very alligator-esque

18" across open

but wonders never cease

Lovely, Delicately Carved Nude on Panel with Hidden Face Band Aid tin also known for his workOne of my favorite July Brimfield finds, from a dealer who always has wonderful and unusual things. (I also bought a ship in a "bottle" with the bottle actually a hollowed out lightbulb.) Quite a delicately carved nude, and I really love the ambiguity of it I believe she is actually meant to be lying down, as if her head resting on a pillow (and with her right breast pulled by gravity in that direction, but then I think the carver was quite attached