Poignant Old Photo of Nude Studio Model in Curious Pose mosaic on wood ) Women in short skirts

)  Women in short skirts and high heels were clearly his fixation

and good for many hours of solitaire diversion

I think the construction is amazing

here complete with 58 cards (plus 2 blanks) and original instruction booklet too

Poignant Old Photo of Nude Studio Model in Curious Pose mosaic on wood ) Women in short skirtsI love everything about this photo, 1910s 20s I believe from the movable studio wall in the background to the dirty floor to the Thonet chair in the corner to the framing of it all, all of which this nude seems completely of a piece with, as if she existed only in this context, of the ether but with grit under her fingernails. Which may have been exactly how the artist who I'd guess took the photo, perhaps in advance of a painting, saw her. And such a