Wonderful 1950 Pencil Signed Mixed Media Print “Bird” by Harold Zussin two-toned wood box to block her husband's departure

to block her husband's departure

This one I believe dates to the 19th century

with some light printed stain on front (maybe from another postcard) and writing in pencil on the back

Hand-embroidered black eyes

This one I purchased for what I see as its sheer beauty and wonderful moodiness—and for how much this young man looks like a character out of Dickens or the like

Wonderful 1950 Pencil Signed Mixed Media Print “Bird” by Harold Zussin two-toned wood box to block her husband's departureWhat I've learned about Harold Zussin, who did this striking "Bird," in 1950, is that he was born in Chicago, 1915, and that apart from a brief period of study at the Evening School of the Art Institute of Chicago, was entirely self taught. He seems to have been active in Chicago, with a a two person exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1948, and later in Maine, with auction records from the sale of his work through several auction houses in