Vintage Salesman Sample Keychains Display on Sky Blue Board Zen Buddhist monk Just shy of 24 inches

Just shy of 24 inches long

I assume "Power" is the last name of the artist who made this

with "Good Evening My Dear" wonderfully scrawled down one side

while the overlaid edge of her coat highlights the hugging hands of the women to her left

which I think just adds to its physicality

Vintage Salesman Sample Keychains Display on Sky Blue Board Zen Buddhist monk Just shy of 24 inchesI've come to think of what drives my attraction to many things as object empathy, and this salesman sample featuring 19 metal key chains, tops glued down, chains just dangling, a few with no chains at all, and the 20th spot empty provokes a lot of empathy! Feels a bit lonely and forlorn to me, in a poignant way, and good as a symbolic metaphorical object too no keys, access denied, lots of void! And with the one gold toned chain jumping out as if to