Proud, Heroic Feeling WPA Era Carved Folk Art Nude Giorgio Sommer photographj and pasted down printed page

and pasted down printed page numbers to the corners of the pages too

including use of stippling in several areas

5" x 3/4"  156 numbered pages here

For me just marvelously human and tender and true and really beautiful

Wilson's Grand Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles Military Certificate

Proud, Heroic Feeling WPA Era Carved Folk Art Nude Giorgio Sommer photographj and pasted down printed pageI splurged a bit on this nude by my standards, purchased at the Nashville show from an Iowa based dealer from whom I wished to buy everything because for me, as far as carved nudes go, she is just my sort. I want to describe her as WPA era specifically because she seems so proud and strong, really quite heroic feeling, while also very human, not a fantasy; standing feet together on that small wooden base she seems actually as if willing herself into