Between Modernist and Folk, Visceral Old Carved Reclining Nude on (and of) Slab hanging tray with the steel armature situating

with the steel armature situating the lens the perfect distance from the thing to be viewed

but it’s the folkiness of it manifested in the figure and lock-shaped chain links that I love (I might guess American nodding to the Scandinavian manner of decoration on the bowl and handle

from sailor suit to apron to shirt waist to graduation dress

and most of his women appear to be quite self-possessed

and I agree - great both ways

Between Modernist and Folk, Visceral Old Carved Reclining Nude on (and of) Slab hanging tray with the steel armature situatingThe more time I spend with this one the more I love her. She's got a bit of the Rodin about her in aspiration, but I think more the spirit of a Rodin watercolor than a sculpture, much looser, and her face is more Picasso or de Kooning esque! Altogether she feels one part academic, one part folk, and with a sort of crusty surface that makes her feel as if she were long buried and just dug up, like an ancient fertility goddess! Great from every angle