Mid-Century Studio Pottery Plate with Abstracted Nude in Landscape silver handware Assembled puzzle measures 11" t

Assembled puzzle measures 11" t x 5 1/2" w

it feels as if it contains the wisdom of the universe in the spiral of its shell

and date from the 1960s-80s

by hand I believe

There are a few small stains on the backing fabric

Mid-Century Studio Pottery Plate with Abstracted Nude in Landscape silver handware Assembled puzzle measures 11" tI LOVE the figure on the face of this plate, strangely and evocatively elongated like a late day shadow, and with these two wonderfully trailing inky black lines lending just a bit of definition and also tension. It makes me think of everything from the paintings of Albert Pinkham Ryder to those of de Chirico to the work of Ana Mendieta to the early 20th century photographs of Anne Brigman (look her up!), and Arts & Crafts era craft, too, and I've