SOLD Melancholic Looking Young Man Against Whispy, Moody Painted Backdrop magazine holder I know the wire attaching

I know the wire attaching the front legs

The writing on reverse is a bit visible through the paper

Perhaps it is especially because I keenly identify with this clumsy child

These vessels were designed to hold oil and are understood to have been used in a number of different ways in funerary ritual: burned with the body in cremations

and the old man shows fairly green from the back

SOLD Melancholic Looking Young Man Against Whispy, Moody Painted Backdrop magazine holder I know the wire attachingA very dreamy feeling one, with the super wispy branches of the painted backdrop seeming just right to match the rather melancholic look of this young man. I like the out of focus ness of his hands and lower body, too, while the details of the backdrop were captured with perfect clarity. Nice and moody, and the parting of this young man's bangs looks like curtains opening, which feels just right too. 3 3 8" x 2 1 4". Folded forward lower right corner,