Mid-Century Studio Pottery Plate with Abstracted Nude in Landscape vintage orange planter The Odd Fellows were founded

The Odd Fellows were founded as British secret society in 1730 in London as a fraternal order and  spread to the United States

which appears to be signed by hand on the far left side of one face

I really love the mix of patterns on the kimono of the woman

15 3/8" tall x 9 3/4" wide x 1/4" deep

The subjects of his artworks included landscapes

Mid-Century Studio Pottery Plate with Abstracted Nude in Landscape vintage orange planter The Odd Fellows were foundedI LOVE the figure on the face of this plate, strangely and evocatively elongated like a late day shadow, and with these two wonderfully trailing inky black lines lending just a bit of definition and also tension. It makes me think of everything from the paintings of Albert Pinkham Ryder to those of de Chirico to the work of Ana Mendieta to the early 20th century photographs of Anne Brigman (look her up!), and Arts & Crafts era craft, too, and I've