Two Awkward Carved Nudes - ONLY LEFT NUDE AVAILABLE flouncy Some old hand-painted postcards I

Some old hand-painted postcards I love for their curiosity of their imagery and captions

Overall great condition with a terrific patina

and contains two interior trays with incised banded designs on sides and bottoms

The guiding handle which runs down the middle of his body

The front side of the slate is solid black

Two Awkward Carved Nudes - ONLY LEFT NUDE AVAILABLE flouncy Some old hand-painted postcards IRight nude SOLD; Left AVAILABLE One of my favorite genres of carvings has definitely become what I'd call awkward nudes clearly done with great care and sincerity, but not quite masterfully, with the faces especially betraying the idealized bodies and poses the carving was clearly hoping to achieve. For me, these embody a big part of what I love about folk art the embodiment of lots of aspiration, hard trying, and very often "failure". And so while