Lovely, Delicately Carved Nude on Panel with Hidden Face boy scout This naive watercolor was clearly

This naive watercolor was clearly inspired by a popular print of the day showing the latest Parisian fashions

2 at the Odd Fellows Hall

with its speckles all over together with veins in the alabaster showing through making it extremely believable if not all that appetizing

3 11/16" x 2 11/16

Manufacturing textiles for sale was a significant source of income for the religious community

Lovely, Delicately Carved Nude on Panel with Hidden Face boy scout This naive watercolor was clearlyOne of my favorite July Brimfield finds, from a dealer who always has wonderful and unusual things. (I also bought a ship in a "bottle" with the bottle actually a hollowed out lightbulb.) Quite a delicately carved nude, and I really love the ambiguity of it I believe she is actually meant to be lying down, as if her head resting on a pillow (and with her right breast pulled by gravity in that direction, but then I think the carver was quite attached