Young Woman in Green and Black, c. 1950s Photo Statuette painted tin bank with a face only a

with a face only a mother could love

and I confident that is the case

I might guess this--and perhaps also the round hole in his cheek--indicate that he was constructed from wood salvaged from something else

I think it may be original to it

Young Woman in Green and Black, c. 1950s Photo Statuette painted tin bank with a face only aFrom the same Rockport, MA collection as the painted tintype I just listed (and the other photos I've listed today too), a smiling photo statuette of a pretty young woman, c. 1950s I believe. I find the effect of transforming a photograph into a statuette such a curious thing like a doll, to be moved around, ready to be dropped into different scenarios which in this case seems precisely right, as one imagines this young woman's future had yet to be